Plantaginaceae
Limnophila

Limnophila bangweolensis (R.E.Fr.) Verdc.

First published in Kew Bull. 5: 379 (1950 publ. 1951)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. & S. Tanzania to Botswana. It is an annual or helophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Scrophulariaceae, S.A. Ghazanfar, F.N. Hepper & D. Philcox. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2008

Type
Type: Zambia, Lake Bangweulu, R.E. Fries 895 (UPS, holo.)
Morphology General Habit
Aquatic annual or perennial.
Morphology Stem
Stems up to 50 cm long, simple or branched towards apex, aerial part densely crisped white glandular-hirsute, submerged part glabrous
Morphology Leaves
Leaves on aerial stem opposite becoming verticillate, sessile, broadly ovate, suborbicular or oblong, 6–13 mm long, 5–11 mm wide, densely glandular-hirsute, becoming glabrous below depending on degree of immersion, serrate-dentate with thickened margins, subamplexicaul, revolute, 3–5 parallel-veined; submerged leaves at base of aerial stem becoming laciniate to occasionally capillary-multifid; finely divided leaves with capillary segments, usually borne on sterile totally submerged stems, dying off before maturity of aerial stem
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers sessile to subsessile, bracteate, in densely flowered spikes, or occasionally solitary, axillary
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts
Bracts reduced, leaflike; bracteoles 2, ± 3.5 mm long, linear, glandular-hirsute
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 5–6 mm long, glandularhirsute, not striate at maturity; lobes 3 mm long, narrowly lanceolate-acuminate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla white, pale-pink, lilac to mauve-pink, 5–14 mm long, ?externally glabrous; adaxial lip broad emarginate; abaxial lip 3-lobed, lobes broadly ovate; tube with finely clavaculate papillae within
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens with posterior filaments 2 mm long, anterior 3.8–4 mm long, glabrous
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule compressed ovoid, ± 3 mm long, black.
Ecology
Wet boggy grasslands in shallow, standing or slow running water; 1000–1400 m
Conservation
Least Concern (LC)
Distribution
Range: Zambia Flora districts: T4 T8
[FTEA]

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]

Scrophulariaceae, D. Philcox. Flora Zambesiaca 8:2. 1990

Morphology General Habit
Amphibious annual.
Morphology Stem
Stems to 50 cm. tall, simple or branched towards apex, aerial part densely white crisped glandular-hirsute, submerged part glabrous.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves on aerial stem opposite becoming verticillate, sessile, 6–13 x 5–11 mm., broadly ovate, subcircular or oblong, densely glandular-hirsute, becoming glabrous below dependent on degree of immersion, serrate-dentate with thickened margin, somewhat amplexicaul, revolute, with 3–5 parallel nerves; submerged leaves at base of aerial stem becoming laciniate to occasionally capillary-multifid; finely divided leaves with capillary segments, usually borne on sterile totally submerged stems, dying off before maturity of aerial stem.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers sessile to sub-sessile, bracteate, in densely flowered spikes, or occasionally solitary-axillary; bracts reduced, leaflike; bracteoles two, c. 3.5 mm. long, linear, glandular-hirsute.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 5–6 mm. long, glandular-hirsute, not striate at maturity; lobes 3 mm. long, narrowly lanceolate-acuminate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla 5–14 mm. long, white, pale pink, lilac to mauve-pink; adaxial lip broad emarginate; abaxial lip trilobed, lobes broadly ovate; tube with finely clavellate papillae within, glabrous without.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens with posterior filaments 2 mm. long, anterior, 3.75–4 mm. long, glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule about 3 mm. long, compressed ovoid, black.
[FZ]

Uses

Use
None recorded on specimens from our area
[FTEA]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • 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