Lythraceae
Ammannia

Ammannia radicans (Guill. & Perr.) S.A.Graham & Gandhi

First published in Harvard Pap. Bot. 18: 81 (2013)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Dry Tropical Africa, Madagascar. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, DR Congo, Eswatini, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boutique, R. (1967). Flore du Congo du Rwanda et du Burundi, Lythraceae: 1-27. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Bruxelles.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1993). Flora of Somalia 1: 1-493. The 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?
{M. le Dr Talmy} [s.n.] Senegal Nesaea radicans K004330605 Yes
Brown-Lester, J. [32n] Nesaea radicans K004330603 Yes
Schmitz [4394] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Nesaea radicans K004330619 Yes
Quarre [6205] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Nesaea radicans K004330621 Yes
Quarre [3526] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Nesaea radicans K004330616 Yes
Perrottet, G.S. [343] Senegal Nesaea radicans K000310159 Unknown Type Material Yes
Quarre, P. [3467] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Nesaea radicans K004330615 Yes
Latilo, M.G. [FHI62506] Nigeria Nesaea radicans K004330600 Yes
Quarre [1256] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Nesaea radicans K004330620 Yes
Espirito Santo [1991] Guinea-Bissau Nesaea radicans K004330601 Yes
Quarre [3526] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Nesaea radicans K004330617 Yes
Farmar, L. [58] Senegal Nesaea radicans K004330604 Yes
[Abunsker Sheikh] [[020]] Somalia Nesaea radicans K004330627 Yes
Brown-Lester, J. [511] Nesaea radicans K004330602 Yes
Warfa, A.M. [26] Somalia Nesaea radicans K004330626 Yes
Roberty, G. [16921] Mauritania Nesaea radicans K004330599 Yes
Quarre [3467] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Nesaea radicans K004330618 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • 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

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    • '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

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    • © Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/