Hydrocotyle verticillata
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Greystone Park Nature Reserve, Harare
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Catembe Beach, Maputo, Mozambique
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Catembe Beach, Maputo, Mozambique
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Catembe Beach, Maputo, Mozambique
Photo: Sune Holt
Catembe Beach, Maputo, Mozambique
Photo: Sune Holt
Catembe Beach, Maputo, Mozambique
Photo: Sune Holt
Catembe Beach, Maputo, Mozambique
Photo: Sune Holt
Catembe Beach, Maputo, Mozambique
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| Synonyms: |
Centella verticillata (Thunb.) Fourc. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Glabrous creeping herb, rooting at the nodes. Leaves peltate: petiole up to 15 cm: lamina up to 45 mm in diameter, circular to broadly elliptic, without a sinus; margin shallowly crenate. Inflorescence an interrupted whorled spike. Flowers inconspicuous, 2-7 in each whorl. Fruit broadly ellipsoid, laterally flattened. |
| Type location: |
South Africa |
| Notes: | |
| 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. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| 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. Meerts, P. (2024). Araliaceae Sous-famille II. Hydrocotyloideae Flore d'Afrique Centrale Nouvelle Serie Jardin Botanique Meise, Belgique Pages 8 - 10. (Includes a picture). Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 50. 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. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Hydrocotyle verticillataAfrican Plant Database: Hydrocotyle verticillata
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Hydrocotyle verticillata
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Hydrocotyle verticillata
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Hydrocotyle verticillata
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