| Home | > | List of families | > | Hydrostachyaceae | > | Hydrostachys |
Leistner, O.A. (ed.) (2000) Seed plants of southern Africa: families and genera Strelitzia 10
Submerged fern-like, annual or rarely perennial herbs found on rocks in fast-flowing fresh water; rhizome forms a compact circle of roots firmly attached to the rocks. Leaves basal 2-3 pinnatifid, petiolate, dilated at the base, petiole and rhachis covered in warty protuberances. Inflorescence emergent, densely spicate. Flowers small, sessile, solitary in axils of spirally arranged bracts. Fruit a 2-valved capsule enclosed in a persistent bract. Seeds small, light. Worldwide: 22 species in Africa south of the equator and Madagascar. DRC: 5 taxa. |
No image yet |
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| bismarckii Engl.[End] | ||
| insignis Mildbr. & Reimers | ||
| lukungensis (Hauman) C.Cusset[End] | ||
| myriophylla Hauman[End] | ||
| polymorpha Klotzsch ex A. Braun | Description, Image |
| Home | > | List of families | > | Hydrostachyaceae | > | Hydrostachys |