Plantaginaceae
Callitriche

Callitriche keniensis Schotsman

First published in Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 10: 10 (1988)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Uganda (Mt. Elgon) to Kenya (Mountains). It is a hydrosubshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

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
[FTEA]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

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/

  • 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