Derivation of specific name
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
schweinfurthii: named after Dr Georg August Schweinfurth (1836-1925), German botanical collector and taxonomist.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Isoetes schweinfurthii A. Braun ex Baker Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=100200
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- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Description
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Pseudo-corms 3-lobed; bud scales dark brown to blackish, triangular-cuspidate, ± 6 × 4 mm. Leaves 5-40, narrow, stiff, 150-300 mm × c.1 mm (at apex) - c.10 mm (around sporangium), apex tapering to a point. Ligule narrowly triangular, sides convex, abruptly pointed, 2-6 mm long, pale, covered by a membranous serrate lip in the lower half. Velum absent. Sporangia 4-12 × 5-9 mm, oblong-obovate to circular. Megaspores 0.4-0.5 mm in diameter, ash-grey to whitish, upper surface almost smooth or with a few tubercles, lower tuberculate with conical warts.
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- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Isoetes schweinfurthii A. Braun ex Baker Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=100200
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Angola, central African Republic, Côte d' Ivoire, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Malawi, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Isoetes schweinfurthii A. Braun ex Baker Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=100200
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings