Family:
Brassicaceae Burnett
Genus:
Cardamine L.

Cardamine africana L.

This species is accepted, and its native range is Tropical & S. Africa, N. Yemen, India to W. Malesia, Central & S. Tropical America.

[UPFC]
Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean. Elevation range: 1400–3000 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Boyacá, Cesar, Cundinamarca, Nariño.
Habit
Herb.

[FZ]

Cruciferae, A. W. Exell. Flora Zambesiaca 1:1. 1960

Morphology General Habit
Slender perennial herb up to 40–60 cm. tall, stems often rooting at the nodes, sparsely pubescent.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves trifoliolate, petiolate, petioles slender, up to 5–10 cm. long, glabrous or sparsely pubescent, leaflets up to 4 x 3 cm., ovate to ovate-lanceolate, apex acute to rounded, margins crenate-dentate, base truncate, rounded or slightly cordate, sparsely pubescent or strigulose.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers white, greenish-white or greenish-yellow, pedicellate, pedicels up to 4 mm. long, in corymbose racemes.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Sepals 2–3 x 1–1.5 mm., suberect, obovate-oblong.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals 4, 5 x 1.5 mm., narrowly oblanceolate or cuneate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens 6.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Silique 25–45 x 1.5–2 mm., straight, linear, flattened, tapering gradually, with pedicel 3–12 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds 1.8–2 x 1.2–1.5 mm., flattened-ellipsoid, brownish.

[FWTA]

Cruciferae, Hutchinson and Dalziel. Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:1. 1954

Morphology General Habit
A weak herb, 1–2 ft. high
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
White flowers.

[FTEA]

Cruciferae, Bengt Jonsell (University of Stockholm). Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1982

Morphology General Habit
Perennial herb, with single or clustered shoots arising from a rhizome.
Morphology Stem
Stems erect or ascending, often basally rooting, unbranched or with a few branches below the middle, 5–80 cm. high, often with elongate internodes, basally glabrous or finely pubescent, upwards glabrous.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves tripartite, with long petioles, which are clasping, non-auricuate, usually hispidulous, 5–95 mm. long; leaflets broadly to narrowly ovate, acuminate (rarely obtuse), cuneate to truncate, serrate to crenate, usually sparsely strigose on both surfaces, whitish green beneath; terminal leaflet 8–72 mm. long, with a 1–22 mm. long petiole; lateral leaflets 3–64 mm. long, basally oblique, sessile or with up to 11 mm. long petioles.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes with 5–20 flowers on 4–11 mm. long peduncles, in fruit condensed or lax, 2–16 cm. long; pedicels ascending, 4–30 mm. long with nearly erect siliqua.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Sepals green with white margins, elliptic, 1.4–4.5 mm. long, glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals white to pale violet, spathulate, broadly obtuse, at least twice as long as the sepals, 3.2–9 mm. long and ± 1/3 as broad.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens 6, with linear basally widening filaments; anthers ± 1.5 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
Ovary cylindrical, with a short narrower style and a rather flat stigma.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Siliqua glabrous, linear, 23–56 mm. long, 1.3–2.5 mm. broad, tapered towards the style, which is 0.6–1.4 mm. long and ± 0.4 mm. broad.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds reddish brown, broadly elliptic or oblong in outline, 1.5–2.5 mm. long, 1.0–1.5 mm. broad, minutely rugose.
Habitat
Montane forest, often in clearings or along roads and paths, damp shady places; 1000–3400 m.
Distribution
Central and tropical South America.widespread in elevated parts of Africa from Ethiopia southwards to South Africa (Cape Province) and westwards to Mt. Cameroon, K1 K2 K3 K4 K5 K6 T2 T3 T6 T7 U1 U2 U3 U4

[CPLC]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Naturalizada en Colombia; Alt. 1400 - 3000 m.; Andes.
Morphology General Habit
Hierba
Conservation
No Evaluada

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Chile South, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Free State, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Honduras, India, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Maluku, New Guinea, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Réunion, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sumatera, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Venezuela, Yemen, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Peru

Cardamine africana L. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 1, 2000 Onana, J.-M. [544], Cameroon K000337521 No
Dec 1, 2000 Cable, S. [2977], Cameroon K000337522 No
Jan 1, 1993 Cheek, M. [3710], Cameroon K000540107 No
Jan 1, 1993 Tchouto (Mbatchou), P. [391], Cameroon K000540167 No
Jan 1, 1960 Morton, J.K. [828], Cameroon K000105646 No
Thomas, D.W. [3000], Cameroon K000105649 No
Richards, P.W. [5317], Cameroon K000105643 No
Spruce, R. [5378], Ecuador K000201408 Yes
Morton, J.K. [7113], Cameroon K000105647 No
Maitland, T.D. [1345], Cameroon K000105645 No
Brenan, J.P.M. [2148], Cameroon K000105644 No
Brenan, J.P.M. [9352], Cameroon K000105642 No
Ekman, E. L. [18502], Cuba Cardamine porphyrophylla K000076242 isotype Yes

First published in Sp. Pl.: 655 (1753)

Accepted by

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  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2020). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 4(2): 1-524. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
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  • Jonsell, B. (1982). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Cruciferae: 1-73.
  • Miller, A.G. & Cope, T.A. (1996). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 1: 1-586. Edinburgh university press.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
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