Vahlia digyna (Retz.) Kuntze

First published in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 227 (1891)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Egypt to Dry Tropical Africa, Madagascar, Iraq to Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan to India. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, Burkina, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, India, Iraq, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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PAFTOL

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 1: 1-359. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Boulos, L. (1999). Flora of Egypt 1: 1-419. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Bridson, D.M. (1975). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Vahliaceae: 1-5.
  • Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • Collenette, S. (1999). Wildflowers of Saudi Arabia: 1-799. National commission for wildlife conservation and development (NCWCD), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • 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.
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2013). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 5: 1-451. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. & Edmondson, J.R. (eds.) (2013). Flora of Iraq 5(2): 1-349. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1989 publ. 1990). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 3: 1-659. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
  • Kar, S.K. & al. (2016 publ. 2017). Additions to the flora of Chilika lake and its immediate neighbourhood. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 40: 134-150.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Launert, E. (ed.) (1978). Flora Zambesiaca 4: 1-658. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Sikarwar, R.L.S. (2014). Angiosperm diversity assessment of Chitrakootthe legendary place of Vindhyan range, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 38: 563-619.
  • Singh, V., Singh, P. & Dash, S.S. (eds.) in Sharma, B.D. & Balakrishnan, N.P. (eds) (2021). Flora of India 9: 1-482. Botanical Survey of India.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.W.T.A., ed. 1, 2: 605.
  • in Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 227 (1891)

Flora of Iraq

  • Bridson in Kew Bull. 30, 1: 177, fig. 1 A–H (1975).
  • Fischer in Kew Bull. 1932: 56 (1932)
  • Keay in Fl. W. Trop. Africa ed. 2, 1: 120 (1954)
  • Kuntze Rev. Gen. 227 (1891);
  • Schonbeck- Temesy in Fl. Iranica 23: 4 (1966);

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 1: 1-359. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Boulos, L. (1999). Flora of Egypt 1: 1-419. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Bridson, D.M. (1975). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Vahliaceae: 1-5.
  • Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • Collenette, S. (1999). Wildflowers of Saudi Arabia: 1-799. National commission for wildlife conservation and development (NCWCD), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • 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.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. & Edmondson, J.R. (eds.) (2013). Flora of Iraq 5(2): 1-349. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
  • Launert, E. (ed.) (1978). Flora Zambesiaca 4: 1-658. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bridson in Kew Bulletin 30: 177, fig. 1/ A–H (1975).
  • Cufod., Enumeratio Plantarum Aethiopiae Spermatophyta (Supplement in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux.) p. 172 (1954), pro parte.
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: 79 (1950), pro parte.
  • G.E.C. Fischer in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1932: 56 (1932), pro parte.
  • Keay in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 120 (1954), pro parte.
  • Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl.: 227 (1891).
  • Rampi in Adum. Fl. Aeth. 25, Webbia 28: 528, fig. 2/A, 3/A, D, 4 (1973).
  • Schonbeck-Temesy in Rechinger, Fl. Iran. 23: 4 (1966).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 1, 1973 Menyhart, L. [1069] Mozambique K000310041 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1972 Röttler, J.P. [s.n.] K000739501 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1972 Stocks, J.E. [s.n.] Pakistan K000739499 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1972 Wallich, N. [7188] Pakistan K000739498 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1972 Röttler, J.P. [41] K000739500 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bidgood, S.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K. [6279] Tanzania K000468146 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 7188] Vahlia sessiliflora K001126849 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 7188] Vahlia sessiliflora K001126852 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 7188] Vahlia sessiliflora K001126850 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 7188] Vahlia sessiliflora K001126851 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 7188] Vahlia sessiliflora K001126848 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 7188] India Vahlia sessiliflora K001126853 Unknown Type Material Yes

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