Alternanthera nodiflora R. Br.

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Alternanthera nodiflora

Photo: Bart Wursten
By road to Hwange NP, Main Camp.

Alternanthera nodiflora

Photo: Bart Wursten
By road to Hwange NP, Main Camp.

Alternanthera nodiflora

Photo: Bart Wursten
Stream crossing on road from Chipinda Pools to Chlojo Cliffs, Gonarezhou National Park.

Alternanthera nodiflora

Photo: Bart Wursten
Stream crossing on road from Chipinda Pools to Chlojo Cliffs, Gonarezhou National Park.

Alternanthera nodiflora

Photo: Bart Wursten
Mana Pools National Park

Alternanthera nodiflora

Photo: Bart Wursten
Mana Pools National Park

Alternanthera nodiflora

Photo: Bart Wursten
Mana Pools National Park

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Synonyms: Alternanthera sessilis (L.) DC. var. nodiflora (R. Br.) Kuntze
Common names:
Frequency:
Status: Probably introduced
Description:
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.
Notes: See the very similar Alternanthera sessilis for comparison.
Derivation of specific name:
Habitat: In sandy soils in riverbeds, along banks of watercourses, in pans, swamps and marshes; also along roadsides.
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Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution: Native in Australia but also widespread in tropical Africa.
Mozambique distribution: Z,T,MS,M
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Endemic status:
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Content last updated: Thursday 20 January 2011
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.

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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Flora of Botswana: Alternanthera nodiflora
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Flora of Zambia: Alternanthera nodiflora
Flora of Zimbabwe: Alternanthera nodiflora

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Alternanthera nodiflora
African Plant Database: Alternanthera nodiflora
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Alternanthera nodiflora
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GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Alternanthera nodiflora
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Alternanthera nodiflora
JSTOR Plant Science: Alternanthera nodiflora
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Alternanthera nodiflora
Plants of the World Online: Alternanthera nodiflora
Tropicos: Alternanthera nodiflora
Wikipedia: Alternanthera nodiflora


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Mozambique: Species information: Alternanthera nodiflora.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=122530, retrieved 19 March 2024

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