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Synonyms: |
Nasturium humifusum Guill. & Perr. Nasturtium madagascariense DC. Rorippa humifusa (Guill. & Perr.) Hiern |
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Almost stemless herb. Leaves numerous, forming a rosette, pinnate or pinnatipartite, up to 16 cm long, rhachis winged, leaflets irregularly suborbicular to broadly ovate, crenate or sometimes deeply divided. Flowers white, with pedicels 1–1.5 mm long, in decumbent racemes up to 10 cm long in the axils of the basal leaves. Petals, less than 1 mm. long. Stamens 6. Fruit 6–10 mm long, hairless, style persistent. |
Type location: |
Madagascar |
Notes: | In Flora Zambesiaca volume 1 part 1 (1960) the treatment of the genus Rorippa contains two species called, R. madagascariensis and R. humifusa. Both key out quite differently and also show very distinct differences in the descriptions. Under current taxonomy R. humifusa is considered a synonym of R. madagascariensis. This seems odd since the species in FZ are so clearly different. A third name, R. micrantha, which is absent from FZ altogether is now accepted and sometimes R. madagascariensis is now listed as a synonym of this species again. The confusion seems complete but I believe the reason is a wrong use of the name R. madagascariensis in FZ. The taxon described under that name is in fact R. micrantha and the taxon described as R. humifusa is the true R. madagascariensis with R. humifusa as its synonym. |
Derivation of specific name: | madagascariensis: of Madagascar. |
Habitat: | On damp sandy soils on riverbanks and at the margins of pans. |
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Worldwide distribution: | Fairly widespread in tropical Africa and in Madagascar. |
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | S |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: | Wednesday 17 October 2018 |
Literature: |
Exell, A.W. (1960). Brassicaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Page 185. As Rorippa humifusa |
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