Alismataceae
Limnophyton

Limnophyton angolense Buchenau

First published in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 15: 23 (1903)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa to N. Botswana. It is a helophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Carter, S. (1960). Alismataceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-16.
  • 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.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1968). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(1): 1-276.
  • Symoens, J.J. & Billet, F. (1975). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi) Alismataceae: 1-21. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.
  • Symoens, J.J. & Villiers, J.-F. (1984). Alismatidées, Flagellariacées. Flore du Cameroun 26: 1-84. Ministère de l'enseignement supérieur et de la recherche scientifique (Mesres), Yaoundé.
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2009). Flora Zambesiaca 12(2): 1-208. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Carter in F.T.E.A. Alismatac.: 11, fig. 5, 6-13.
  • in Engl., Pflanzenr. 4, 15: 23 (1903)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Buchenau in Engler, Pflanzenr. 6: 23 (1903).
  • Carter in F.T.E.A., Alismataceae: 11, fig.5/6–13 (1960).
  • Cook, Aq. Wetl. Pl. Sthn. Africa: 51, fig.30 (2004).
  • Hepper in F.W.T.A., ed.2, 3 11, fig. 318 (1968).
  • Symoens & Billiet in F.A.C., Alismataceae: 12, pl.4 (1975).

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.
  • Symoens, J.J. & Billet, F. (1975). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi) Alismataceae: 1-21. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Buchen. in A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich IV. 15: 23 (1903).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Milne-Redhead, E. [4082] Angola K003194446 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [4082] Angola K003194444 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F279] Zambia K003194413 Yes
Goyder, D.J.; Gomes, A. [9070] Angola K001625937 Yes
Goyder, D.J.; Gomes, A. [9070] Angola K001625936 Yes
Linder, D.H. [385] Liberia K003194292 Yes
Fyffe, R. [179] Uganda K003194374 Yes
Lankester, C.H. [s.n.] K003194376 Yes
Ake Assi [9431] Cote d'Ivoire K003194301 Yes
Smith, P.A. [200EII] Botswana K003194440 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [4650] Uganda K003194368 Yes
Bingham, M.G.; Luwiika, B. [10707] Zambia K003194422 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [4650] Uganda K003194366 Yes
Dinklage, M. [3348] Liberia K003194296 Yes
s.coll. [3010] Angola K003194442 Yes
s.coll. [1532] K003194310 Yes
Hall, J.B. [VBS1212] Ghana K003194306 Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C.; Mwasumbi, L. [2060] Tanzania K003194386 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [4681] Sierra Leone K003194283 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [6000] Sierra Leone K003194289 Yes
Hall, J.B. [2740] Ghana K003194304 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [496] Uganda K003194373 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th.966] Uganda K003194371 Yes
Jordan, H.D. [1074] Sierra Leone K003194291 No
Tanner, R. [1117] Tanzania K003194381 Yes
van Zinderen Bakker, E.M. [919] Zambia K003194412 Yes
s.coll. [I] Uganda K003194378 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [6000] Sierra Leone K003194290 Yes
Smith, P.A. [200EII] Botswana K003194438 Yes
s.coll. [II] Uganda K003194377 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [501] Uganda K003194370 Yes
Hall, J.B. [VBS 1296] Ghana K003194309 Yes
Jongkind, C. C. H.; Bilivogui, D.; Dorbor, D. [9537] Liberia K001562624 No
Jordan, H.D. [1074] Sierra Leone K:SPC-25624.000 No
Deighton, F.C. [4681] Sierra Leone K003194282 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [2302] Zimbabwe K003194437 Yes
Tanner, R. [1117] Tanzania K003194382 Yes
Troupin [8656] Rwanda K003194317 Yes
Boughey, A.S. [GC18139] Cote d'Ivoire K003194302 Yes
Jones, A.P.D. [FHI628] Nigeria K003194312 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [2520] Sierra Leone K003194280 Yes
Schmitz, A. [7409] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003194313 Yes
van der Ben, D. [2569] Burundi K003194316 No
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [12319] Zambia K003194417 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [7550] Tanzania K003194384 Yes
Angus, A. [3023] Zambia K003194418 Yes
Baldwin Jr., J.T. [6486] Liberia K003194294 Yes
Harley, R.M. [s.n.] Liberia K003194297 Yes
Smith, P.A. [200EII] Botswana K003194441 Yes
Jongkind, C.C.H.; Daniels, A.K.; Dorbor, D. [11811] Liberia K003194300 Yes
Fyffe, R. [179] Uganda K003194375 Yes
Baldwin Jr., J.T. [6396] Liberia K003194295 No
Symoens [7969] Zambia K003194419 Yes
Linder, D.H. [385] Liberia K003194293 Yes
Smith, P.A. [200EII] Botswana K003194439 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [7384] Sudan K003194333 Yes
Lawton, R.M. [RML708] Zambia K003194415 Yes
Schmitz, A. [7409] Congo, Republic of the K003194314 Yes
Adames, P. [531] Liberia K003194299 Yes
Adames, P. [531] Liberia K003194298 Yes
{Morton; Jarr} [SL 2137] Sierra Leone K003194285 Yes
Conrads [820] Tanzania K003194385 Yes
Brown, E. [136] Uganda K003194369 Yes
Lewalle, J. [121] Burundi K003194315 Yes
{G. F. Scott Elliot} [s.n.] Sierra Leone K003194286 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [4650] Uganda K003194367 Yes
Gillman, H. [297] Tanzania K003194380 Yes
Morton, J.K. [A1414] Ghana K003194308 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [501] Uganda K003194372 Yes
Hall, J.B. [2740] Ghana K003194305 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [4082] Angola K003194445 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [3162A] Sierra Leone K003194281 Yes
Thomas, J.H. [7631] Sierra Leone K003194284 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F2391] Zambia K003194414 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [4077] Angola K003194443 Yes
Tanner, R. [1117] Tanzania K003194383 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [10710] Zambia K003194421 Yes
Rose, F. [10240] Uganda K003194379 Yes
Troupin [8710] Rwanda K003194318 Yes
Michelmore, A.P.G. [315] Zambia K003194416 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [7384] South Sudan K003194334 Yes
Hall, J.B. [VBS 1212] Ghana K003194307 Yes
Hepper, F.N.; Morton, J.K. [A3106] Ghana K003194303 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [10710] Zambia K003194420 Yes
Jones, A.P.D. [FHI 628] Nigeria K003194311 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [357] Sierra Leone K003194287 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [357] Sierra Leone K003194288 Yes
Mukasa, S.D. [E3951] Uganda K003194365 Yes

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

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