Hydrocharitaceae
Lagarosiphon

Lagarosiphon muscoides Harv.

First published in J. Bot. (Hooker) 4: 230 (1841)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa. It is a hydrosubshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, Burkina, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Simpson, D. (1989). Hydrocharitaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-29.
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2009). Flora Zambesiaca 12(2): 1-208. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Clarke & Klaassen, Water Pl. Namibia: 70 (2001).
  • Dinter in Repert Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 8: 435 (1922).
  • Gibbs Russell in Kirkia  0: 437 (1977).
  • Harv. in J. Bot. 4: 230, t.22 (1841).
  • Obermeyer in Bothalia 8: 140, fig.1 (1964);
  • Obermeyer in F.S.A.103, fig.32 (1966).
  • Podlech in Merxmüller, Prodr. Fl. SW Afr., fam.142: 2 (1966).
  • Ross, Fl. Natal: 57 (1973).
  • Simpson in F.T.E.A., Hydrocharitaceae: 4 (1989).
  • Symoens & Triest in Bull. Jard. Bot. Belg. 53: 463, fig.8 (1983).
  • Wager in Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Afr. 16: 192, 194 (1928).
  • Wright in F.C. 5: 1 (1912).
  • Wright in F.T.A. 7 3 (1897);

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1968). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(1): 1-276.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Simpson, D. (1989). Hydrocharitaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-29.
  • Symoens, J.J. & Triest, L. (1983). Monograph of the African genus Lagarosiphon Harvey (Hydrocharitaceae). Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 53: 441-488.
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2009). Flora Zambesiaca 12(2): 1-208. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Harvey in Hook., Journ. Bot. 4: 230, t. 22 (1841).
  • Oberm. in Bothalia 8: 140, fig. 1 (1964).
  • Symoens & Triest in Bulletin du Jardin botanique National de Belgique 53: 463, fig. 8 (1983).
  • Wright in Flora of Tropical Africa 7: 3 (1897).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Zeyher [1732] South Africa K000346007 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drege [2276b] South Africa K000346011 Unknown Type Material Yes
Archbold, M.E. [1138] Tanzania K:SPC-06049.134 No
Bidgood, S.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K. [6020] Tanzania K000468405 Yes
Drege [2276a] South Africa K000346008 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drege [2276c] South Africa K000346009 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drege [2276c] South Africa K000346010 Unknown Type Material Yes
Harvey, W.H. [1187] South Africa K000346012 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [2158] Lagarosiphon schweinfurthii K000345998 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mathew, B. [6362] Kenya Lagarosiphon schweinfurthii K:SPC-06049.194 No
Schweinfurth, G. [2457] Sudan Lagarosiphon schweinfurthii K000345999 Unknown Type Material Yes
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [846] Kenya Lagarosiphon schweinfurthii K:SPC-03668.000 No
Hepper, F.N. [3779] Mali Lagarosiphon schweinfurthii K:SPC-32727.000 No
Napier Bax, P. [TNP/GS/8] Kenya Lagarosiphon schweinfurthii K:SPC-32770.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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 2024. 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