Alternanthera nodiflora
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By road to Hwange NP, Main Camp.
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By road to Hwange NP, Main Camp.
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Stream crossing on road from Chipinda Pools to Chlojo Cliffs, Gonarezhou National Park.
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Stream crossing on road from Chipinda Pools to Chlojo Cliffs, Gonarezhou National Park.
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Mana Pools National Park
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Mana Pools National Park
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Mana Pools National Park
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Alternanthera sessilis (L.) DC. var. nodiflora (R. Br.) Kuntze |
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Annual or perennial herb, prostrate, ascending or erect, up to 40 cm high. Stem and branches green or purplish-brown. Leaves opposite, subsessile, linear to narrowly elliptic, 2-7 cm long, usually hairless or thinly hairy when young. Infloresences sessile, axillary, solitary or in clusters of up to 5, globose, c. 7-10 mm in diameter. Bracts and bracteoles, ovate-lanceolate acuminate, c. 2.5 mm long, white. Flower tepals ovate acuminate, 3-4 mm long, white or pinkish. Fruit obcordate, 2-2.5 mm wide, about half as long as the perianth lobes. |
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Australia |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Native in Australia but also widespread in tropical Africa. |
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| Literature: |
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 16. Meerts, P. et al. (2026). A checklist of the vascular plants of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. PhytoKeys 277 Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 20. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 20. Siebert, S. & Mössmer, M. (Editors) (2002). SABONET Southern Mozambique Expedition 2001; Provisional Plant Checklist of the Maputo Elephant Reserve (MER) and Licuati Forest Reserve (LFR) SABONET News 7(1) Page 23. Townsend, C.C. (1988). Amaranthaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(1) Pages 129 - 130. |
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