Lagarosiphon

Lagarosiphon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Hydrocharitaceae
Subfamily: Anacharioideae
Genus: Lagarosiphon
Harv.

Lagarosiphon is a genus of aquatic plants described as a genus in 1841.[1][2] It is native to Africa and Madagascar.[3]

Species[3]
  1. Lagarosiphon cordofanus (Hochst.) Casp. - Cameroon + Ethiopia to Namibia + Mpumalanga
  2. Lagarosiphon hydrilloides Rendle - Ghana, Kenya, Uganda
  3. Lagarosiphon ilicifolius Oberm. - Uganda to Namibia
  4. Lagarosiphon madagascariensis Casp. - Madagascar
  5. Lagarosiphon major (Ridl.) Moss - Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa
  6. Lagarosiphon muscoides Harv. - Mali to Sudan to KwaZulu-Natal
  7. Lagarosiphon rubellus Ridl. - Angola
  8. Lagarosiphon steudneri Casp. - Ethiopia
  9. Lagarosiphon verticillifolius Oberm. - Mozambique, Zimibabwe, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Mpumalanga, Limpopo

References

  1. ↑ Harvey, William Henry. 1841. Journal of Botany, being a second series of the Botanical Miscellany 4: 230-231 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English, line drawing as illustration
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Lagarosiphon Harv.
  3. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families


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