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Brasenia schreberi
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Photo: Brian Rode
Ngamiland Concession 22 - Vumbura, Okavango
Photo: Brian Rode
Ngamiland Concession 22 - Vumbura, Okavango Delta
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| Synonyms: |
Brasenia peltata Pursh Brasenia peltata Pursh Brasenia purpurea (Michx.) Casp. Brasenia purpurea (Michx.) Casp. Hydropeltis purpurea Michx. |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Hairless aquatic herb with submerged parts covered in clear, slimy mucilage. Leaves floating, more or less circular, c. 7 × 5-7 cm, peltate, green above, reddish-brown to purplish beneath, 12-veined from the apex of the petiole; margin entire; petiole reddish-brown, up to 1 m long depending on the depth of the waster. Flowers solitary on peduncles up to 8 cm long. Petals and sepals 3, similar, purplish or brownish-red. Stamens with slender papillose filaments up to 1 cm long. Carpels narrowly lanceolate-ovoid to ellipsoid up to 7 × 2 mm when ripe, beaked by the persistent stigma. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | schreberi: after Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (1739-1810), German botanist and zoologist who was a student of Linnaeus. |
| Habitat: | Aquatic in moderately deep water, often growing together with Nymphaea spp. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana. Also in North America, India, Japan and Australia. |
| Botswana distribution: | N |
| Growth form(s): | Aquatic. |
| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Saturday 17 October 2015 |
| Literature: |
Ellery, K. & W. (1997). Plants of the Okavango Delta, a Field Guide Tsaro Publishers, Durban, South Africa Page 141. (Includes a picture). 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 31. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 37. Roodt, V. (2011). Wild flowers, Waterplants and Grasses of the Okavango Delta and Kalahari "Did You Know" nature series Struik Nature for Veronica Roodt Publications Page 76. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 42. Wild, H. (1960). Cabombaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Pages 173 - 175. (Includes a picture). |
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