Lythraceae
Ammannia

Ammannia senegalensis Lam.

First published in Tabl. Encycl. 1: 312 (1792)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Africa. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, DR Congo, Egypt, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Greece

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 1: 1-359. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Boulos, L. (2000). Flora of Egypt 2: 1-352. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(1): 1-85. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Boutique, R. (1967). Flore du Congo du Rwanda et du Burundi, Lythraceae: 1-27. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Bruxelles.
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2012). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 4: 1-431. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Edwards, S., Tadesse, M., Demissew, S. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (2000). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(1): 1-532. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
  • Jones, M. (1991). A checklist of Gambian plants: 1-33. Michael Jones, The Gambia College.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Verdcourt, B. (1994). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Lythraceae: 1-62.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.W.T.A., ed. 1, 1: 144, in part only.
  • —Koehne in Engl. Pflanzenr. Lythrac. 52

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(1): 1-85. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2012). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 4: 1-431. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Jones, M. (1991). A checklist of Gambian plants: 1-33. Michael Jones, The Gambia College.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Quézel, P. (1958). Mission Botanique au Tibesti: 1-357. Université d'Alger.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Engler & O. Drude, Die Vegetation Der Erde, IX, Pflanzenwelt Afrikas 3(2): 647, fig. 282 (1921).
  • A. Fernandes & Diniz in Garcia de Orta 6: 100 (1958).
  • A. Fernandes in Consp. Fl. Angol. 4: 176 (1970).
  • Boutique, Flore du Congo Belge, du Ruanda et du Burundi, Lythraceae: 25 (1967).
  • Hiern in Flora of Tropical Africa 2: 477 (1871), pro parte.
  • Hutch. & Dalz., Flora of West Tropical Africa 1: 144 (1927), pro parte.
  • Immelman in Bothalia 21: 40 (1991), pro parte.
  • Keay in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 165 (1954).
  • Koehne in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 1: 255 (1880)
  • Koehne in A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich IV. 216: 52, fig. 5D (1903).
  • Lam., Tabl. Encycl. 1(2): 311 (1792)
  • Lam., t. 77, fig. 2 (1791).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 1, 2008 Ratovoson et al. [731] Madagascar K000449613 No
[Thierry] [[213]] Senegal K004760137 Yes
Henry, A. [2754] China K004334701 Yes
Ward, C.J. [3285] South Africa K004760656 Yes
Hu, S.Y. [12445] Hong Kong K004334714 Yes
Schlieben, H.F. [9414] South Africa K004760658 Yes
de Kruif, A.P.M. [518] Cote d'Ivoire K004760134 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K004760133 Yes
s.coll. [[127]] K004760136 Yes
Galpin, E.E. [13330] South Africa K004760662 Yes
Schlechter, R. [12017] K004760659 Yes
Davey, J.T. [63] Sudan K004760128 Yes
[Rautanen] [220] Namibia K004760660 Yes
Grevé [158] Madagascar K004760636 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [310] Nigeria K004760130 Yes
Guile, D.P.M. [3569] Hong Kong K004334713 Yes
Baron, R. (Revd) [5782] Madagascar K004760642 Yes
Hall, J.B. [3415] K004760140 Yes
Hildebrandt, J.M. [3491] Madagascar K004760638 Yes
[Thierry] [212] Senegal K004760139 Yes
Davey, J.T. [98] Sudan K004760129 Yes
Adams, C.D. [4286] Ghana K004760135 Yes
Baron, R. (Revd) [6383] Madagascar K004760640 Yes
Hu, S.Y. [5778] Hong Kong K004334712 Yes
Baron, R. (Revd) [5507] Madagascar K004760641 Yes
Baron, R. (Revd) [3365] Madagascar K004760643 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [9614] South Africa K004760657 Yes
Baron, R. (Revd) [4896] Madagascar K004760644 Yes
Greve, M. [158] Madagascar K004760637 Yes
Balsinhas, A. [3633] South Africa K004760663 Yes
Roberty, G. [[16829]] Senegal K004760141 Yes
Daramola, B.O.; Josephine [FHI63667] Nigeria K004760131 Yes
Culverwell, J. [952] Eswatini K004760661 Yes
Sharland [1037] Nigeria K004760132 Yes
s.coll. [999] Madagascar K004760639 Yes
[Thierry] [216] Senegal K004760138 Yes

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    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

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