- Family:
- Polygonaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Oxygonum Burch. ex Campd.
Oxygonum hastatum S.Ortiz

[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Type
- C2, 6 km N of “Bulo Burti”, Kuchar 15587 (K holo., UPS iso.).
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial herb or subshrub up to 30 cm tall
- Morphology Leaves Stipules
- Ochreae with (1.5–)2–2.5(–3) mm long setae at the margin
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves 15–45 mm long, hastate and sometimes with 2 additional shorter lobes in upper part, main lateral lobes 1.5–4 mm long, spreading or curved upwards, central part of leaf and the lobes narrowly linear, pubescent
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence 5–17 cm long; pedicels erect, 3.5–4.5 mm long, exceeding the bracts by 1–2 mm
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers white, heterostylous; perianth 3–4 mm long
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruits 5–6 mm long, pubescent, trigonous, not winged, with 3 spreading main prickles c. 2–2.2 mm long near the middle and 3 additional slightly reflexed prickles c. 0.2–0.4 mm long at the base.
- Distribution
- C1, 2 not known elsewhere.
- Ecology
- Altitude range 150–380 m.
- Note
- This is close to O. atriplicifolium, but differs in the short erect pedicels and the three short additional prickles near the base of the fruit.
Native to:
Somalia
Oxygonum hastatum S.Ortiz appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jan 1, 2002 | Kuchar, P. [15587], Somalia | K000244044 | holotype | Yes |
First published in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 142: 343 (2003)
Accepted by
- Thulin, M. (ed.) (2006). Flora of Somalia 3: 1-626. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Thulin, M. (ed.) (2006). Flora of Somalia 3: 1-626. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
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Flora of Somalia
Flora of Somalia
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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