- Family:
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
- Genus:
- Bothriocline Oliv. ex Benth.
Bothriocline monocephala (Hiern) Wild & G.V.Pope
[FZ]
Compositae, G. V. Pope. Flora Zambesiaca 6:1. 1992
- Morphology General Habit
- A subaquatic perennial herb.
- Morphology Stem
- Stems creeping-decumbent and rooting at the nodes, long slender and much branched, leafy, sparsely puberulous or glabrous.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves alternate, sessile, mostly 10–25 x 0.5–1.5 mm., linear, semi-fleshy, sparsely appressed puberulous to glabrous, gland-pitted.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Capitulum
- Capitula solitary, terminal on erect branch-ends, borne 7–15 cm. above the water.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Involucre
- Involucres 4–5 x 5–6(8) mm., broadly obconic.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Phyllaries
- Phyllaries subequal, usually purplish, sparsely puberulous outside, margins subhyaline and sparsely ciliate, the outer from c. 2 mm. long, the remainder c. 4 mm. long, lanceolate-oblong, subobtuse.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Receptacle
- Receptacular paleae sometimes present near the receptacle margins.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corollas mauve, exserted, 4–6 mm. long, narrowly funnel-shaped, minutely glandular otherwise glabrous.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Achenes (immature) 1.2–1.8 mm. long, narrowly subcylindric-obovoid, ?5–8-ribbed, narrowly grooved between the ribs; pappus absent.
Native to:
Angola, Zambia, Zaïre
Bothriocline monocephala (Hiern) Wild & G.V.Pope appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Kirkia 10: 319 (1977)
Accepted by
- Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
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Flora Zambesiaca
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Kew Backbone Distributions
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