Primulaceae
Lysimachia

Lysimachia angustiloba (Engl.) U.Manns & Anderb.

First published in Willdenowia 39: 51 (2009)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Central & E. Tropical Africa. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Primulaceae, P. Taylor. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1958

Morphology General Habit
Perennial; stems prostrate, simple or branched, rather fleshy, usually rooting at the lower nodes only, up to 50 cm. long.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves rather fleshy, opposite or alternate (often on the same plant) ovate, shortly petiolate, spreading, acute, rounded at the base, 8–15 × (2.5–) 4–8 mm.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers often numerous, axillary, solitary, pedicellate; pedicels filiform, up to 20 mm. long, reflexed and elongated in fruit.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx-segments 5 (or rarely 6), lanceolate, acute, 3–4 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla white or pale pink, campanulate, deeply 5- (rarely 6-) lobed; lobes narrowly oblong, 4.5–6 (-8) mm. long, 5–7-nerved.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Filaments filiform, glabrous, about 2/3 as long as corolla; anthers obtuse.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule globose, 2–3 mm. in diameter.
Figures
Fig. 4/5–8, p. 12.
Habitat
Bogs, swamps, and by streamsides in upland grasslands, mainly 2100–2400 m. but descending by streamsides to 1500 m. and rarely ascending to 3000 m.
Distribution
K4 T3 T6 U2
[FTEA]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0