Ottelia fischeri
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Photo: Mark Hyde
Njiri Pan, Via Lavu, Catapu, Mozambique
Photo: Mark Hyde
Njiri Pan, Via Lavu, Catapu, Mozambique
Photo: Mark Hyde
Njiri Pan, Via Lavu, Catapu, Mozambique
Photo: Mark Hyde
Njiri Pan, Via Lavu, Catapu, Mozambique
Photo: Mark Hyde
Njiri Pan, Via Lavu, Catapu, Mozambique
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| Synonyms: |
Boottia fischeri Gürke |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Dioecious, aquatic herb. Stems erect. Adult leaves: lamina 11-22 × 6-13.5 cm, submerged or floating, elliptic, elliptic-oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, rarely ovate; base usually cuneate (only not cuneate in laminas more than 14 cm long); margin entire. Flowers unisexual. Male flowers up to 60 or more per spathe, up to 6 developing together at anthesis; pedicels exserted; petals white with a cream or rose base. Stamens 12; staminodes 3. Female flowers 1 per spathe; petals white with a yellowish base; ovary with 9-15 carpels. |
| Type location: |
Tanzania |
| Notes: | J.J. Symoens in FZ 12(2), p. 33, under Ottelia exserta, comments that there are intermediates between O. exserta and O. fischeri and the two taxa may prove to be conspecific. |
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| Habitat: | In water (of depth up to 60 cm) in ponds, swamps, drainage ditches on clay and rich silt soils. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 10 - 1100 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique |
| FZ divisions: | Z,T,MS |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Sunday 3 September 2017 |
| Literature: |
Symoens, J.J. (2009). Hydrocharitaceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(2) Pages 35 - 36. |
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