3160.000 Hydrostachys
Leistner, O.A. (ed.) (2000) Seed plants of southern Africa: families and genera Strelitzia 10
Description of the genus
Submerged fern-like, annual or rarely perennial herbs found on rocks in fast-flowing fresh water; rhizome forms a compact circle of roots firmly attached to the rocks. Leaves basal 2-3 pinnatifid, petiolate, dilated at the base, petiole and rhachis covered in warty protuberances. Inflorescence emergent, densely spicate. Flowers small, sessile, solitary in axils of spirally arranged bracts. Fruit a 2-valved capsule enclosed in a persistent bract. Seeds small, light. Worldwide: 22 species in Africa south of the equator and Madagascar. DRC: 5 taxa. |
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| Species | Botanical divisions | Content |
| bismarckii Engl. [End] | IV | |
| insignis Mildbr. & Reimers | XI | |
| lukungensis (Hauman) C.Cusset [End] | III | |
| myriophylla Hauman [End] | XI | |
| polymorpha Klotzsch ex A. Braun | IV,V,VI | Description, Image |
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