Lagarosiphon muscoides Harv.

First published in J. Bot. (Hooker) 4: 230 (1841)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa. It is a hydrosubshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, Burkina, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.
  • Simpson, D. (1989). Hydrocharitaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-29.
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2009). Flora Zambesiaca 12(2): 1-208. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Clarke & Klaassen, Water Pl. Namibia: 70 (2001).
  • Dinter in Repert Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 8: 435 (1922).
  • Gibbs Russell in Kirkia  0: 437 (1977).
  • Harv. in J. Bot. 4: 230, t.22 (1841).
  • Obermeyer in Bothalia 8: 140, fig.1 (1964);
  • Obermeyer in F.S.A.103, fig.32 (1966).
  • Podlech in Merxmüller, Prodr. Fl. SW Afr., fam.142: 2 (1966).
  • Ross, Fl. Natal: 57 (1973).
  • Simpson in F.T.E.A., Hydrocharitaceae: 4 (1989).
  • Symoens & Triest in Bull. Jard. Bot. Belg. 53: 463, fig.8 (1983).
  • Wager in Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Afr. 16: 192, 194 (1928).
  • Wright in F.C. 5: 1 (1912).
  • Wright in F.T.A. 7 3 (1897);

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.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1968). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(1): 1-276.
  • 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.
  • Simpson, D. (1989). Hydrocharitaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-29.
  • Symoens, J.J. & Triest, L. (1983). Monograph of the African genus Lagarosiphon Harvey (Hydrocharitaceae). Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 53: 441-488.
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2009). Flora Zambesiaca 12(2): 1-208. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Harvey in Hook., Journ. Bot. 4: 230, t. 22 (1841).
  • Oberm. in Bothalia 8: 140, fig. 1 (1964).
  • Symoens & Triest in Bulletin du Jardin botanique National de Belgique 53: 463, fig. 8 (1983).
  • Wright in Flora of Tropical Africa 7: 3 (1897).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Drege [2276b] South Africa K000346011 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Seagrief, S.C. [5166] Botswana K002905010 Yes
Edwards, D. [04342 (00002)] Botswana K002905008 Yes
Killick, D.J.B. [4507] Lesotho K002905138 Yes
Eyles, F. [656] Zimbabwe K002905018 Yes
Clarke, V. [41626] Zimbabwe K002905019 Yes
Vahrmeijer, J. [1357] South Africa K002905156 Yes
Wanntorp, H.; Wanntorp, H.E. [323] Namibia K002905157 Yes
[Griford] [s.n.] South Africa K002905141 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [213] Uganda K003194968 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [6799] Tanzania K003194967 Yes
Drege [2276c] South Africa K000346010 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drege [2276c] South Africa K000346009 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gibbs Russell, G.E. [1982] Zimbabwe K002905024 Yes
Gibbs Russell, G.E. [2851] Botswana K002905009 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Seagrief, S.C. [5165] Botswana K002905011 Yes
Archbold, M.E. [1138] Tanzania K:SPC-06049.134 No
Repton, J.E. [5213] South Africa K002905158 Yes
Drege [2276a] South Africa K000346008 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wanntorp, H.; Wanntorp, H.E. [1032] Namibia K002905149 Yes
Monod, T. [s.n.] Mali K003194955 Yes
Strey, R.G. [RSB2118] Namibia K002905133 Yes
Musil, C.F. [241] South Africa K002905168 Yes
Rushworth, J.E. [1280] Zimbabwe K002905022 Yes
Hanekom, W.J. [1864] South Africa K002905163 Yes
Killick; Vahrmeijer [3614] South Africa K002905139 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K. [6020] Tanzania K000468405 Yes
Schinz, H. [44] Namibia K002905150 Yes
Syers, J. [17] Botswana K002905006 Yes
Hansen, O.J. [3372] Botswana K002905005 Yes
Zeyher [1732] South Africa K000346007 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nel, M.D.S. [34] South Africa K002905164 Yes
Leistner, O.A. [102] South Africa K002905161 Yes
Stearn, W.T. [s.n.] South Africa K002905190 Yes
Mauve; Schlieben [9599] South Africa K002905154 Yes
Wild, H. [3800] Zimbabwe K002905015 Yes
Harris, M. [3082] South Africa K002905165 Yes
Gibbs Russell, G.E. [1591] Zimbabwe K002905026 Yes
Volk, O.H. [12405] Namibia K002905148 Yes
Davy, J.B. [17637] South Africa K002905160 Yes
Jansen, P.C.M.; de Koning, J.; de Wilde, J.J.F.E. [274] Mozambique K002905027 Yes
Eyles, F. [5841] Zimbabwe K002905023 Yes
Rodin, R.J. [2940] Namibia K002905137 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [3779] Mali K003194954 Yes
Weir, J. [9] Zimbabwe K002905017 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002905147 Yes
Smith, P.A. [3362] Botswana K002905007 Yes
Killick, D.J.B. [4152] Lesotho K002905146 Yes
Smith, P.A. [487] Botswana K002905013 Yes
Dinter [7384] Namibia K002905134 Yes
Mauve, A.A. [4338] South Africa K002905159 Yes
Giess, W. [13313] Namibia K002905151 Yes
Wild, H. [3799] Zimbabwe K002905020 Yes
Killick, D.J.B. [4101] Lesotho K002905144 Yes
Musil, C.F. [281] South Africa K002905170 Yes
Killick, D.J.B. [4152] Lesotho K002905143 Yes
Schlechter, R. [6059] South Africa K002905142 Yes
Barber [s.n.] South Africa K002905166 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [2308] South Africa K002905140 Yes
Holub, E. [[1195]] Botswana K002905012 Yes
Gibbs Russell, G.E. [1612] Zimbabwe K002905025 Yes
Wager, V. [s.n.] South Africa K002905169 Yes
Musil, C.F. [59] South Africa K002905172 Yes
Wild, H. [3803] Zimbabwe K002905016 Yes
Burke [s.n.] South Africa K002905167 Yes
s.coll. [1] South Africa K002905155 Yes
Young, L.G.N. [1540] Zimbabwe K002905021 Yes
Strey; Schlieben [8579] South Africa K002905152 Yes
Tolken, H. [1124] South Africa K002905162 Yes
Guillarmod, J.; Getliffe; Mzamane [98] Lesotho K002905145 Yes
Musil, C.F. [58] South Africa K002905171 Yes
[Ko] [4747] Zimbabwe K002905014 Yes
Harvey, W.H. [1187] South Africa K000346012 Unknown Type Material Yes
{Dinter} [[7]384] Namibia K002905135 Yes
Giess, W. [9255] Namibia K002905136 Yes
Strey, R.G. [3837] South Africa K002905153 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [2158] Lagarosiphon schweinfurthii K000345998 Unknown Type Material Yes
Napier Bax, P. [TNP/GS/8] Kenya Lagarosiphon schweinfurthii K:SPC-32770.000 No
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [846] Kenya Lagarosiphon schweinfurthii K:SPC-03668.000 No
Mathew, B. [6362] Kenya Lagarosiphon schweinfurthii K:SPC-06049.194 No
Hepper, F.N. [3779] Mali Lagarosiphon schweinfurthii K:SPC-32727.000 No
Schweinfurth, G. [2457] Sudan Lagarosiphon schweinfurthii K000345999 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schweickerdt; Verdoorn [s.n.] South Africa Lagarosiphon muscoides f. longifolia K002905173 Yes

Sources

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