Derivation of specific name
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schweinfurthii: named after Dr Georg August Schweinfurth (1836-1925), German botanical collector and taxonomist.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Potamogeton schweinfurthii A.W. Benn. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=103090
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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Submerged herb to 2 m from a rhizome. Stipules 2-4 cm, persistent, open, convolute, the lower amplexicaul, the upper spreading, lanceolate. Leaves 10-20 × 1-2 cm, linear-lanceolate, sessile, submerged (occasionally the upper floating), thinly-textured (the floating
ones coriaceous); apex apiculate; margin finely undulate, entire. Spikes on swollen scapes, more than 20-flowered.
Drupe 3-4 mm, ovoid, smooth; beak short.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Potamogeton schweinfurthii A.W. Benn. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=103090
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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Widespread in tropical Africa, South Africa and Madagascar. Also in North Africa, Azores, Mediterranean islands and southwestern Asia.
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- cc-by-nc
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Potamogeton schweinfurthii A.W. Benn. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=103090
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
