Lythraceae
Ammannia

Ammannia aspera Guill. & Perr.

First published in Fl. Seneg. Tent.: 304 (1833)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Cape Verde, W. Tropical Africa to Chad and Namibia. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Cape Verde, Chad, Mozambique, Namibia, Senegal, Tanzania, Togo, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

Kew's Tree of Life Explorer

Discover the flowering plant tree of life and the genomic data used to build it.

View the Tree of Life
PAFTOL

Publications

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Nesaea aspera.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • 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.
  • Hansen, A. & Sunding, P. (1993). Flora of Macaronesia. Checklist of vascular plants. 4. revised edition. Sommerfeltia 17: 1-295.
  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
  • Launert, E. (ed.) (1978). Flora Zambesiaca 4: 1-658. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Verdcourt, B. (1994). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Lythraceae: 1-62.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Drummond, R.B. [7852] Zimbabwe Nesaea aspera K004330962 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K. [5844] Tanzania Nesaea aspera K000468581 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Rutherford-Smith, R.O.B. [7621] Mozambique Nesaea aspera K004330958 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K.B. [6998] Tanzania Nesaea aspera K004330647 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K.B. [6762] Tanzania Nesaea aspera K004330650 Yes
Perrottet, G.S. [338] Senegal Nesaea aspera K000310149 Type Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K.B. [6779] Tanzania Nesaea aspera K004330649 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Rutherford-Smith, R.O.B. [7620] Mozambique Nesaea aspera K004330959 Yes
Biegel, H.M. [873] Zimbabwe Nesaea aspera K004330961 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K.B. [7017] Tanzania Nesaea aspera K004330648 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Sitoni, D.; Vollesen, K.B.; Whitehouse, C. [3603] Tanzania Nesaea aspera K004330651 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K. [5974] Tanzania Nesaea aspera K000468451 Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C.; Mwasumbi, L. [2002A] Tanzania Nesaea aspera K004330654 Yes
Brain, C.K. [5499] Zimbabwe Nesaea aspera K004330963 Yes
Hutchinson, J.; Gillett, J.B. [3350B] Zimbabwe Nesaea aspera K004330960 Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C.; Mwasumbi, L. [2110] Tanzania Nesaea aspera K004330653 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Sitoni, D.; Vollesen, K.B.; Whitehouse, C. [3919] Tanzania Nesaea aspera K004330652 Yes
Wanntorp, H.; Wanntorp, H.E. [889] Namibia Nesaea aspera K004331292 Yes
Merxmüller, H.; Giess, W. [30697] Namibia Nesaea aspera K004331293 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • 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

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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

    • 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 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0