Hydrocharitaceae

Lagarosiphon Harv.

First published in J. Bot. (Hooker) 4: 230 (1841)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Switzerland

Recorded in error in:

Ghana

Accepted Species

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 7: 2.
  • in Hook., Journ. Bot. 4: 230 (1841)

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
  • Symoens & Triest in Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 53: 441–488 (1983).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Symoens & Triest in B.J.B.B. 53: 441 (1983)
  • Wright in F.T.A. 7: 3 (1897)
  • in Hook., Journ. Bot. 4: 230 (1841)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0