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Nymphoides ezannoi Berhaut
- Berhaut, J. 1967. Flore du Senegal. v. 2. p. 427.

status collector date locality deposited
type Berhaut 1364 Oct 1951 Lac de Guiers [Senegal] P

Nymphoides ezannoi Berhaut
- Berhaut, J. 1967. Flore du Senegal. v. 2. p. 427.
Herba aquatica; folia innatantia aquis, more nymphaearum; caules emittentes fasciculum florum et aliorum caulium ad basim laminarum; petiolus brevis usque ad 10 mm. longus; laminae suborbiculares, basi cordata, usque ad 10 cm., plus minusve latae ac longae. Pedunculi 2 ad 4 cm. longi, floribus albis 8-10 mm. latis, laciniis obtusis apice subtriangulari, haud supra fimbriatis, margine tenuiter ciliato; ovarium depressum, externe 4-loculatum, seminibus numerosis leviter spinosis. Aquatic herb. Leaves floating on the water, in the habit of Nymphaea. Stems emitting a fascicle of flowers and of other stems at the base of the laminae. Petiole short, up to 10 mm long. Laminae suborbicular, with a cordate base, up to 10 cm, more or less broad and long. Peduncles 2-4 cm long. Flowers white, 8-10 mm broad, with obtuse fringes at the subtriangular apex, hardly fimbriate above, thinly ciliate at the margin. Ovary depressed, [externe] four-locular. Seeds numerous, lightly spinose.
Berhaut 1364 (Typus P.), Lac de Guiers, oct. 1951; Letouzey 7165, Cameroun.
(Dédié au R. P. Ezanno, auteur de "Brousses et Jardins Sénégalais" (inédit)). (Dedicated to R. P. Ezanno, author of "Brousses et Jardins Sénégalais" (inedit.))
      
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