Sphenoclea zeylanica Gaertn.

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Sphenoclea zeylanica

Photo: Mark Hyde
Catapu Pan, Catapu, Mozambique

Sphenoclea zeylanica

Photo: Mark Hyde
Catapu Pan, Catapu, Mozambique

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Status: Native
Description:
Branched annual herb, up to 1.5 m tall. Stems hollow. Leaves lanceolate, narrowly ovate to elliptic, up to 12 × 5 cm, hairless; margin entire; petiole up to 1.5 cm long. Flowers in conical-cylindric spikes, up to 12 cm long. Corolla very small, white, greenish or pink yellow. Fruit a capsule, 4-5 mm in diameter, dehiscing below the calyx lobes, leaving the base attached to the rhachis.
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Derivation of specific name: zeylanica: from Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
Habitat: In wet places near pools, pans, irrigation channels, swamps and floodplains
Altitude range: (metres) Up to 1100 m
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Worldwide distribution: Widespread in tropical Africa, Asia and (probably introduced) America
Zimbabwe distribution: N,W,S
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Literature:

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 80.

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 106.

Thulin, M. (1983). Sphenocleaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 116 - 117. (Includes a picture).

Welman, W.G. (2000). Flora of Southern Africa contributions 16: Sphenocleaceae Bothalia 30(1) Pages 31 - 33. (Includes a picture).


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Flora of Botswana: Sphenoclea zeylanica
Flora of Burundi: Sphenoclea zeylanica
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Flora of Malawi: Sphenoclea zeylanica
Flora of Mozambique: Sphenoclea zeylanica
Flora of Rwanda: Sphenoclea zeylanica
Flora of Zambia: Sphenoclea zeylanica

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Sphenoclea zeylanica
African Plant Database: Sphenoclea zeylanica
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Sphenoclea zeylanica
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Sphenoclea zeylanica
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Sphenoclea zeylanica
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iNaturalist: Sphenoclea zeylanica
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Sphenoclea zeylanica
JSTOR Plant Science: Sphenoclea zeylanica
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Sphenoclea zeylanica
Plants of the World Online: Sphenoclea zeylanica
Tropicos: Sphenoclea zeylanica
Wikipedia: Sphenoclea zeylanica


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: Sphenoclea zeylanica.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=157700, retrieved 3 December 2024

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