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Hydrocotyle verticillata
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Greystone Park Nature Reserve, Harare
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Glabrous creeping herb, rooting at the nodes. Leaves peltate. |
| Notes: | It is closely related to the European Hydrocotyle vulgaris, with which it might prove to be conspecific. |
| Derivation of specific name: | verticillata: whorled |
| Habitat: | A species of damp soil near rivers, dams, marshes and seepage zones. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread throughout the tropics and subtropics. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Wednesday 20 June 2007 |
| Literature: |
Cannon, J.F.M. (1978). Apiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Page 558. 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 18. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 30. Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 197. |
Other sources of information about Hydrocotyle verticillata:
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Flora of Botswana: Hydrocotyle verticillataFlora of Burundi: Hydrocotyle verticillata
Flora of Caprivi: Hydrocotyle verticillata
Flora of Mozambique: Hydrocotyle verticillata
Flora of Zambia: Hydrocotyle verticillata
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Hydrocotyle verticillataAfrican Plant Database: Hydrocotyle verticillata
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Hydrocotyle verticillata
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Hydrocotyle verticillata
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Hydrocotyle verticillata
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iNaturalist: Hydrocotyle verticillata
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Hydrocotyle verticillata
JSTOR Plant Science: Hydrocotyle verticillata
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Hydrocotyle verticillata
Plants of the World Online: Hydrocotyle verticillata
Tropicos: Hydrocotyle verticillata
Wikipedia: Hydrocotyle verticillata
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