Aponogetonaceae
Aponogeton

Aponogeton junceus Lehm.

First published in Index Seminum (HBG, Hamburgensis) 1833: 7 (1833)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. DR Congo to S. Africa. It is a tuberous hydrogeophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2009). Flora Zambesiaca 12(2): 1-208. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • van Bruggen, H.W.E. (1974). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi) Aponogetonaceae: 1-11. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Clarke & Klaassen, Water Pl. Namibia: 68 (2001).
  • Cook, Aq. Wetl. Pl. Sthn. Africa: 59 (2004).
  • Jacot Guillarmod, Fl. Lesotho: 100 (1971). —Gibbs Russell in Kirkia 0: 435 (1977).
  • Obermeyer in F.S.A. : 88 in part as regards syn. A. spathaceus . junceus, fig.26 (1966).
  • Schltdl. in Linnaea 10, Litteratur-Bericht: 76 (1836) as junceum’.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
{Bolton} [s.n.] South Africa K002908958 No
Kuntze, C.E.O. [s.n.] South Africa K002908961 No
s.coll. [6003] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002908635 No
McClean, A.P.D. [[7]38] South Africa K002908948 No
Van Rensburg, H.J. [s.n.] Zambia K002908777 No
Alexander Prior, R.C. [s.n.] South Africa K002908966 No
Sutherland [6399] South Africa K002908926 No
Schlechter, R. [3822] South Africa K002908930 No
Galpin, E.E. [4777] South Africa K002908969 No
Sankey, H.J. [322] South Africa K002908937 No
MacOwen [2204] South Africa K002908964 No
Burke [s.n.] South Africa K002908935 No
Haygarth, W.; Medley Wood, J. [4206] South Africa K002908939 No
Acocks, J.P.H. [20287] South Africa K002908967 No
Zeyher [s.n.] South Africa K000346071 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rodin, R.J. [9165] Namibia K002908922 No
Sanderson [s.n.] South Africa K002908924 No
Cooper, T. [465] South Africa K000346066 Unknown Type Material Yes
{Burchell} [2688] South Africa K002908923 No
Wood, J.M. [1611] South Africa K000346063 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mey, C. [3012] Angola K002908782 No
Acocks, J.P.H. [20994] South Africa K002908938 No
Robinson, E.A. [6813] Zambia K002908775 No
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [6962] South Africa K002908952 No
Wells, M.J. [3880] South Africa K002908974 No
Drege [s.n.] South Africa K000346069 Type Yes
Devenish, N.J. [1557] South Africa K002908975 No
King, A.E. [405] Zambia K002908781 No
Fanshawe, D.B. [F6293] Zambia K002908780 No
Schlechter, R. [2444] South Africa K002908972 No
Scheepers, J.C. [1797] South Africa K002908943 No
Zeyher [1734] South Africa K000346070 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gilges [973] Zambia K002908778 No
Hilliard, O. [5357] Lesotho K002908953 No
Thode, J. [A1196] South Africa K002908949 No
Drege [s.n.] South Africa K000346062 Holotype Yes
Comins, D.M. [908] South Africa K002908932 No
Guillarmod, J.; Getliffe; Mzamane [107] Lesotho K002908946 No
Killick, D.J.B. [4083] Lesotho K002908947 No
Davy, J.B. [5045] South Africa K002908933 No
Flanagan, H.G. [2236] South Africa K002908971 No
Killick, D.J.B.; Leistner, O.A. [3165] Namibia K002908921 No
Long, F.R. [1466] South Africa K002908960 No
Kornas, J. [2997] Zambia K002908774 No
Kuntze, C.E.O. [s.n.] South Africa K002908962 No
{Bolton} [s.n.] South Africa K002908956 No
Mauve, A.A. [4588] South Africa K002908973 No
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C. [512] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002908636 No
Leendertz, R. [1555] South Africa K002908929 No
{Killick; Marais} [2170] South Africa K002908945 No
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002908970 No
Gilfillan, D.F. [6187] South Africa K002908931 No
Baur, R. [579] South Africa K000346064 Type Yes
South Africa K000346068 Type Yes
Williamson, C. [271] Lesotho K002908944 No
Dyer, R.A. [2193a] South Africa K002908963 No
{Bolton} [s.n.] South Africa K002908957 No
Drege [s.n.] South Africa K000346067 Unknown Type Material Yes
Killick; [Vahemeyer] [3571] South Africa K002908954 No
Muir, J. [2747] South Africa K002908968 No
Fourcade, G.F. [107] South Africa K002908959 No
Mauve, A.A. [4493] South Africa K002908928 No
Van Rensburg, H.J. [s.n.] Zambia K002908776 No
Balsinhas, A. [3350] South Africa K002908934 No
Acocks, J.P.H. [16335] South Africa K002908965 No
Drege [s.n.] South Africa K000346065 Unknown Type Material Yes
Flanagan, H.G. [2025] South Africa K002908940 No
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [13817] South Africa K002908955 No
Burke [s.n.] South Africa K002908936 No
Brummitt, R.K.; Chisumpa, S.M.; Polhill, R.M. [14191] Zambia K002908779 No
Scheepers, J.C. [1670] South Africa K002908942 No
Nel, M.D.S. [36] South Africa K002908941 No
{Bucknall} [834] K002908951 No
Rehmann, A. [6692] South Africa K002908925 No
[W. J. Lowd] [1684] South Africa K002908927 No
Devenish, N.J. [1337] South Africa K002908950 No

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    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0