Lythraceae
Ammannia

Ammannia prieuriana Guill. & Perr.

First published in Fl. Seneg. Tent.: 303 (1833)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa to Israel. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Chad, Congo, DR Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Gambia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Palestine, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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.
  • 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.
  • Boutique, R. (1967). Flore du Congo du Rwanda et du Burundi, Lythraceae: 1-27. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Bruxelles.
  • Danin, A. & Fragman- Sapir, O. (2019). Flora of Israel Online http://flora.org.il/en/plants/.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • 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.
  • Launert, E. (ed.) (1978). Flora Zambesiaca 4: 1-658. 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.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania 30: 1-307.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • 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.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Verdcourt, B. (1994). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Lythraceae: 1-62.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —Koehne in Engl. Pflanzenr. Lythrac. 48.

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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • 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.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Fernandes & Diniz in Garcia de Orta 4: 405 (1956).
  • A. Fernandes in Consp. Fl. Angol. 4: 175 (1970)
  • A. Fernandes in Fl. Moçamb. 73: 39 (1980).
  • A. Fernandes in Flora Zambesiaca 4: 306 (1978)
  • Boutique, Flore du Congo Belge, du Ruanda et du Burundi, Lythraceae: 23 (1967).
  • Brenan in Mem. N.Y. Bot Gard. 8: 441 (1954).
  • Guill. & Perr., Fl. Seneg. Tent. 1: 303 (1833), as “ prieureana ”.
  • Immelman in Bothalia 21: 40 (1991).
  • Keay in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 164 (1954).
  • Koehne in A. Engler & O. Drude, Die Vegetation Der Erde, IX, Pflanzenwelt Afrikas 3(2): 646 (1921).
  • Koehne in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 1: 248 (1880)
  • Koehne in A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich IV. 216: 48 (1903)
  • Maquet in Fl. Rwanda 2: 488 (1983).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 7, 2009 Attims, Y. [446] Congo, Republic of the K000566108 Yes
Sep 7, 2009 Luke, Q., et al. [TPR 124] Kenya K000566105 No
van der Ben, D. [1405] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004760197 Yes
Hall, J.B. [3781] Ghana K004760104 Yes
{Chr. Smith} [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the K004760196 Yes
Tuley, P. [23] Nigeria K004760118 Yes
Lewalle, J. [1819] Burundi K004760205 Yes
Geerling, C.; Bokdam, J. [2181] Cote d'Ivoire K004760103 Yes
[Quarré] [[4651]] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004760201 Yes
Ern, H.; Hein, B.; Pircher, A. [72] Togo K004760111 Yes
Olorunfemi, J. [FHI24421] Nigeria K004760113 Yes
Savory, H.J.; Keay, R.W.J. [FHI25003] Nigeria K004760114 Yes
Hall, J.B. [2763] Ghana K004760107 Yes
Moiser, B. [s.n.] Nigeria K004760116 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K004760115 Yes
[Perrotut] [s.n.] Senegal K004760095 Yes
Troupin, G. [1820] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004760198 Yes
Jackson, G. [2573] Nigeria K004760117 Yes
Woolhouse, H.W. [s.n.] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004760191 Yes
Etuge, M.; Gostine; Raza; Hugh; Bong; Fangha [4790] Cameroon K001518122 Yes
Liben, L. [3264] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004760200 Yes
Morton, J.K. [GC6191] Ghana K004760110 Yes
Dawe, M.T. [32] Gambia, The K004760098 Yes
Meikle, R.D. [1585] Nigeria K:SPC-12253.000 No
Liben, L. [3665] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004760199 Yes
Reekmans, M. [5796] Burundi K004760204 Yes
Reekmans, M. [5351] Burundi K004760202 Yes
Fay, J.M. [6124] Central African Republic K004760186 Yes
Hall, J.B. [2554] Ghana K004760105 Yes
Hall, J.B. [VBS1257] Ghana K004760108 Yes
Davey, J.T. [154] Mali K000385940 Yes
s.coll. [9318] Sierra Leone K004760101 Yes
Léonard, J.J.G. [1670] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004760193 Yes
Leprieur. [s.n.] Gambia, The K000310062 Type No
Hepper, F.N. [3965] Cameroon K004760187 Yes
Tuley, P. [24] Nigeria K004760119 Yes
Adams, C.D. [3617] Ghana K004760106 Yes
s.coll. [3357] Chad K004760189 Yes
Morton; Gledhill [SL528] Sierra Leone K004760102 Yes
s.coll. [4535] Niger K004760190 Yes
Coombe, D.E. [38] Nigeria K004760120 Yes
Talmy, (Dr.) [s.n.] Senegal K004760099 Yes
van der Ben, D. [1179] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004760195 Yes
Alves Pereira, J. [2488] Guinea-Bissau K004760100 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [3629] Senegal K004760096 Yes
Hall; Enti [GC36041] Ghana K004760109 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [3713] Mauritania K004760094 Yes
{Van der Ben} [1179] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004760194 Yes
Lewalle, J. [4999] Burundi K004760203 Yes
Troupin, G. [1655] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004760192 Yes
s.coll. [4329] Cameroon K004760188 Yes
Warnecke [300] Togo K004760112 Yes
McClintock, A. (Miss) [83] Nigeria K004760123 Yes
Lewalle, J. [2041] Burundi K004760206 Yes
[Captn. Boteler] [s.n.] Gambia, The K004760097 Yes

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