Pontederiaceae
Heteranthera

Heteranthera callifolia Rchb. ex Kunth

First published in Enum. Pl. 4: 123 (1843)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa. It is a hydrosubshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2010). Flora Zambesiaca 13(2): 1-83. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Berhaut, Fl. Sén. 180
  • Chev. Bot. 659
  • Enum. 4: 121 (as 123) (1843)
  • F.T.A. 8: 2
  • Sousa in Anais Junta Inv. Col. 5: 56 (1950)
  • Troupin in Fl. Sperm. Parc. Nat. Garamba 1: 179, fig. 27, 28 (1956).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2010). Flora Zambesiaca 13(2): 1-83. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1997 Madsen, J.E. [5488] Burkina Faso K000211611 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Irvine, D.r.F.R. [4958] Ghana K000211614 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Jordan, H.D. [1071] Sierra Leone K000211605 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Hepper, F.N. [3683] Senegal K000211602 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Daggash, M. [31405] Nigeria K000211617 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Hagerup, O. [419] Mali K000211604 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Baldwin, J.T., Jr. [6483] Liberia K000211606 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Parker, C. [2698] Burkina Faso K000211609 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Lawrence, B.R. [s.n.] Gambia, The K000211600 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Baldwin, J.T., Jr. [12496] Liberia K000211607 Yes
Jan 1, 1959 Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [2034] Cote d'Ivoire K000211608 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K. [5999] Tanzania K000468426 Yes
Burtt, B.L. [B18] Nigeria K:SPC-04613.000 No
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [2168] Tanzania K:SPC-03700.000 No
Irvine, D.r.F.R. [2680] Ghana K000211610 Yes
Hall, J.B. [186] Ghana K000211613 Yes
Lawesson, J.E. [5372] Senegal K000211601 Yes
Hall, J.B. [2351] Ghana K000211612 Yes
Chevalier, A.J.B. [2596] Mali K000211603 Yes
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [1704] Tanzania K:SPC-05577.000 No
Meikle, R.D. [863] Nigeria K:SPC-25141.000 No
Bidgood, S.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K. [5912] Tanzania K000468513 Yes
Ern, H.; Hein, B.; Pircher, A. [853] Togo K000211615 Yes
Jordon, H.D. [1071] Sierra Leone K:SPC-27032.000 No
Tanzania K:SPC-27657.000 No
Buntt, B.R. [18] Nigeria K000211616 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images