Najas schweinfurthii Magnus

First published in Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 12: 220 (1894)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Cameroon, Ethiopia to Tanzania. It is a hydroannual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, Ethiopia, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Andrews, F.W. (1956). The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 1-579. T.Buncle & co., LTD., Arbroath, Scotland.
  • 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., Demissew, S. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (1997). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 6: 1-586. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Triest, L. (1989). Najadaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-9.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Edwards, S., Demissew, S. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (1997). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 6: 1-586. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Triest, L. (1989). Najadaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-9.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Bennett in Flora of Tropical Africa 8: 227 (1901).
  • H. Horn in KB. 7: 31 (1952).
  • Magn. in Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 12: 219, fig. 3 (1894).
  • Rendle in A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich IV. 12:10 (1901).
  • Rendle in Trans. Linn. Soc., Bot, ser. 2, 5: 400, t. 40/64-67 (1899).
  • Triest in Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Nat. Méd., nouv. sér. in -8° (et Et Cont. Afr. 6) 21: 55-58, fig. 7, t. XII (1987).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [10891] Tanzania K002907705 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [9964] Tanzania K002907706 Yes
Lock, J.M. [81/20] Sudan K002907683 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [2140] K002907685 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [2140] K002907684 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • 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
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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

    • 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