Zornia latifolia Smith

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Zornia J.Gmelin
Tribe: Aeschynomeneae
References: [236]

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Other names:

• Zornia diphylla (L.)Pers. Subsp. gracilis (DC.)Malme [Synonym] [256]
  
• Zornia diphylla (L.)Pers. Var. gracilis (DC.)Benth. [Synonym] [1480]
  
• Zornia diphylla (L.)Pers. Var. pubescens (Kunth)Benth. [Synonym] [256]
  
• Zornia gracilis DC. [Synonym] [256][1480]
  
• Zornia pubescens Kunth [Synonym] [256]
  
• Zornia surinamensis Miq. [Synonym] [256]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Herb
• Lifespan:
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
  • 1988(Americas)Zarucchi JL
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa
  • Benin [212]
  • Burundi [8]
  • Cameroon [8]
  • Ghana [212]
  • Guinea [236]
  • Ivory Coast [212]
  • Liberia [212]
  • Mali [212]
  • Nigeria [212]
  • Senegal [212]
  • Sierra Leone [212]
  • Togo [212]
  • Zaire [236]

• South America [236]
  • Argentina [256]
  • Bolivia [256]
  • Brazil [256] [1414] [1478]
  • Colombia [256]
  • French Guiana [256]
  • Guyana [256] [1478]
  • Paraguay [256] [1478]
  • Peru [256] [1478]
  • Surinam [256] [1478]
  • Uruguay [256]
  • Venezuela [256] [1478]

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Notes:

• Reported from Mali but record not verified by Boudet et al. (1986)
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 12:55:10