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Ammannia pubescens

Family
Lythraceae (Loosestrife family)
Native range
Madagascar
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Ammannia pubescens is a rare species in the loosestrife family that is only known from one river system in northwestern Madagascar.

Where it grows

Ammannia pubescens endemic to Madagascar and has seldom been collected. The known locations for the species are all along the banks of the Betsiboka River and its tributary the Ikopa River in Mahajanga Province. There it grows on sandy banks.

Other Ammannia plants

Ammannia arnhemica · Eared redstem · Monarch redstem · Valley redstem · Ammannia crinipes · Ammannia fitzgeraldii · Delicate Ammania · Ammannia muelleri · Eared Redstem · Grand redstem · Red Ammannia · Ammannia striatiflora

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ammannia pubescens by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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