- Family:
- Plantaginaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Callitriche L.
Callitriche keniensis Schotsman

[FTEA]
Callitrichaceae, Inga Hedberg & Olov Hedberg. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2003
- Morphology General Habit
- Robust aquatic herb, with stems up to 40 cm long.
- Morphology Leaves
- Larger leaves spathulate to elliptic, up to 15 mm long and 4 mm wide, 5–8-veined; petiole 1(–3)-veined.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers either solitary or one male and one female in the same axil; bracts 2, about 1.5 mm long; stamens 3–4 mm long, after dehiscence up to 5 mm long; anthers 0.8 mm long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit ± orbicular, ± 1.5 mm, unwinged.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Pollen
- Pollen reticulum meshes not as wide as the clavae; clavae irregularly triangular with sharp angles.
- Figures
- Fig. 1/7–8 (p. 3).
- Habitat
- In small ponds and streams; 2150–4250 m
- Distribution
- not found elsewhere K2 K3 K4 U3
Native to:
Kenya, Uganda
Callitriche keniensis Schotsman appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Aug 1, 2008 | Naiga [s.n.], Uganda | K000662443 | No | ||
Aug 1, 1996 | Paulo, S. [977], Kenya | K000350082 | isotype | Yes |
First published in Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 10: 10 (1988)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Literature
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Schotsman in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, sér. 4, 10: 10 (1988).
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
Flora of Tropical East Africa
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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/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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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/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0