Rorippa micrantha (Roth) Jonsell

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Rorippa micrantha

Photo: Bart Wursten
Urema floodplain North of Lion House, Gorongosa National Park.

Rorippa micrantha

Photo: Bart Wursten
Urema floodplain North of Lion House, Gorongosa National Park.

Rorippa micrantha

Photo: Bart Wursten
Urema floodplain North of Lion House, Gorongosa National Park.

Rorippa micrantha

Photo: Bart Wursten
Urema floodplain North of Lion House, Gorongosa National Park.

Rorippa micrantha

Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road no11, Gorongosa National Park.

Rorippa micrantha

Photo: Mike Hackston
The lake at the foot of Chongwe Falls, Lower Zambezi NP

Rorippa micrantha

Photo: Mike Hackston
The lake at the foot of Chongwe Falls, Lower Zambezi NP

Rorippa micrantha

Photo: Mike Hackston
The lake at the foot of Chongwe Falls, Lower Zambezi NP

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Synonyms: Nasturtium brachypus Webb
Nasturtium indicum auct. non (L.) DC.
Nasturtium nilolicum Boiss.
Rorippa indica auct.
Rorippa madagascariensis auct.
Sisymbrium micranthum Roth
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Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Erect annual herb up to 50 cm tall. Leaves up to 8 cm long, obovate to oblong in outline, deeply divided almost to the mid rib, lobed, scalloped or toothed, hairless or very sparsely pubescent. Flowers in a terminal raceme, yellow. Fruit a cylindric siliqua c. 18 × 2 mm, hairless, tipped with the persistent style, dehiscent. Seeds in two rows.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: micrantha: small-flowered (in comparison with related species).
Habitat: Occurring on river banks.
Altitude range: (metres)
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution: Widespread in tropical Africa
Zimbabwe distribution: N,S
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Endemic status:
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Images last updated: Saturday 5 June 2010
Literature:

Exell, A.W. (1960). Brassicaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Pages 183 - 185. As Rorippa madagascariensis

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 31.


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Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Rorippa micrantha
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Rorippa micrantha
African Plant Database: Rorippa micrantha
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Rorippa micrantha
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Tropicos: Rorippa micrantha
Wikipedia: Rorippa micrantha


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Rorippa micrantha.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=124240, retrieved 28 March 2024

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