Ammannia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Myrtales

Familia: Lythraceae
Genus: Ammannia
Species: A. aegyptiaca – A. alata – A. alternifolia – A. anagalloides –. A. andongensis – A. angolensis – A. angustifolia – A. arnhemica – A. aspera – A. auriculata – A. aurita – A. baccifera – A. baumii – A. bequaerti – A. brevistyla – A. burttii – A. calcicola – A. capitellata – A. cinerea – A. coccinea – A. cordata – A. crassicaulis – A. crinipes – A. cymosa – A. debilis – A. desertorum – A. dichotoma – A. dinteri – A. dodecandra – A. drummondii – A. elata – A. engleri – A. erecta – A. fernandesiana – A. fitzgeraldii – A. fruticosa – A. gazensis – A. gracilis – A. grayi – A. heptamera – A. herbacea – A. heterophylla – A. icosandra – A. involucrata – A. kilimandscharica – A. latifolia – A. linearipetala – A. linearis – A. linifolia – A. loandensis – A. luederitzii – A. lythroides – A. mauritiana – A. maxima – A. minima – A. moggii – A. mossambicensis – A. mossiensis – A. muelleri – A. multiflora – A. nagpurensis – A. octandra – A. palmeri – A. parkeri – A. parvula – A. pauciramosa – A. passerinoides – A. pauciramosa – A. pedicellata – A. pedroi – A. peploides – A. petrensis – A. polycephala – A. praetermissa – A. prieuriana – A. pringlei – A. prostrata – A. pubescens – A. purpurascens – A. quadriciliata – A. radicans – A. ramosissima – A. rautanenii – A. rigidula – A. robusta – A. sagittifolia – A. saluta – A. santoi – A. sarcophylla – A. schaeferi – A. schinzii – A. schlechteri – A. senegalensis – A. spathulata – A. striatiflora – A. stuhlmannii – A. teixeirae – A. tolypobotrys – A. triflora – A. uniflora – A. urceolata – A. verticillata – A. volkensii – A. wardii – A. woodii – A. wormskioldii – A. zambatidis
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Ammannia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Nov 22. Reference page.

Name

Ammannia L., Sp. Pl. 1: 119. (1753)

Type species: Ammannia latifolia L., Sp. Pl. 1: 119 (-120). (1753)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Hionanthera A. Fern. & Diniz
Nesaea Comm. ex Kunth

References

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 119. Reference page.
Graham, S.A. & Gandhi, K. 2013. Nomenclatural Changes Resulting from the Transfer of Nesaea and Hionanthera to Ammannia (Lythraceae), Harvard Papers in Botany 18(1): 71–90. DOI: 10.3100/025.018.0101 Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Ammannia. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 21 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Ammannia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Nov. 21 {{{3}}}.

Vernacular names
suomi: Ammanniat

Ammannia is a genus of around 100 species of plants often referred to as redstems from wet areas in America, Africa, Asia, Australia and Europe.[1][2][3][4] Several species are grown as decorative plants in aquariums.

The genus was named (but not published) by William Houstoun and later published by Linnaeus, who later indicated that the name honored Paul Amman. However, Philip Miller, who received Houstoun's manuscripts on Houston's death, stated that it honored Johann Amman.
Species

As of December 2019, Plants of the World Online accepts 107 species:

Ammannia aegyptiaca Willd.
Ammannia alata (Immelman) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia alternifolia H.Perrier
Ammannia anagalloides Sond.
Ammannia andongensis (Welw. ex Hiern) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia angolensis (A.Fern. & Diniz) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia angustifolia (A.Fern. & Diniz) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia arnhemica (F.Muell.) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia aspera Guill. & Perr.
Ammannia auriculata Willd. – eared redstem
Ammannia aurita (Koehne) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia baccifera L. – monarch redstem, blistering ammannia
Ammannia baumii (Koehne) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia bequaertii (De Wild.) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia brevistyla S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia burttii (Verdc.) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia calcicola (H.Perrier) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia capitellata (C.Presl) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia cinerea (A.Fern. & Diniz) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia coccinea Rottb. – valley redstem, purple ammannia
Ammannia cordata Wight & Arn.
Ammannia crassicaulis Guill. & Perr.
Ammannia crinipes F.Muell.
Ammannia cymosa (Immelman) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia debilis Aiton
Ammannia desertorum Blatt. & Hallb.
Ammannia dichotoma (Blume) S.G.Panigrahi
Ammannia dinteri (Koehne) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia dodecandra DC.
Ammannia drummondii (A.Fern.) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia elata A.Fern.
Ammannia engleri (Koehne) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia erecta (Guill. & Perr.) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia fernandesiana S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia fitzgeraldii R.L.Barrett
Ammannia fruticosa (A.Fern. & Diniz) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia gazensis (A.Fern.) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia gracilis Guill. & Perr.
Ammannia grayi S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia heptamera (Hiern) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia herbacea W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes
Ammannia heterophylla (H.Perrier) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia icosandra (Kotschy & Peyr.) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia involucrata S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia kilimandscharica (Koehne) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia latifolia L. – pink redstem
Ammannia linearipetala A.Fern. & Diniz
Ammannia linearis (Hiern) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia linifolia (Welw. ex Hiern) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia loandensis Welw. ex Hiern
Ammannia luederitzii (Koehne) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia lythroides (Welw. ex Hiern) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia maxima (Koehne) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia minima (Immelman) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia moggii (A.Fern.) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia mossambicensis (A.Fern. & Diniz) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia mossiensis (A.Chev.) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia muelleri (Hewson) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia multiflora Roxb.
Ammannia myriophylloides Dunn
Ammannia nagpurensis T.Mathew & M.P.Nayar
Ammannia octandra L.f.
Ammannia palmeri (S.A.Graham) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia parkeri (Verdc.) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia parvula S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia passerinoides Welw. ex Hiern.
Ammannia pauciramosa S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia pedicellata (Hiern) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia pedroi (A.Fern. & Diniz) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia petrensis (M.G.Gilbert & Thulin) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia polycephala (Peter) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia praetermissa (Kasselm.) Kasselm.
Ammannia prieuriana Guill. & Perr.
Ammannia pringlei (Rose) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia prostrata Buch.-Ham. ex Dillwyn
Ammannia pubescens (Koehne) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia purpurascens (A.Fern.) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia quadriciliata H.Perrier
Ammannia radicans (Guill. & Perr.) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia ramosissima (A.Fern. & Diniz) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia rautanenii (Koehne) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia rigidula (Sond.) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia robertsii (F.Muell.) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia robinsoniana (A.Fern.) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia robusta Heer & Regel – grand redstem, scarlet ammannia
Ammannia sagittifolia (Sond.) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia saluta (Immelman) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia santoi (A.Fern. & Diniz) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia sarcophylla Welw. ex Hiern.
Ammannia schaeferi Koehne ex Engl.
Ammannia schinzii (Koehne) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia schlechteri (A.Fern.) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia senegalensis Lam.
Ammannia spathulata (A.Fern.) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia striatiflora (Hewson) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia stuhlmannii (Koehne) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia teixeirae (A.Fern.) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia tolypobotrys (Koehne) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia triflora R.Br. ex Benth.
Ammannia uniflora Meijden
Ammannia urceolata Hiern
Ammannia verticillata (Ard.) Lam.
Ammannia volkensii (Koehne) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia wardii (Immelman) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia woodii (Koehne) S.A.Graham & Gandhi
Ammannia wormskioldii Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
Ammannia zambatidis (Immelman) S.A.Graham & Gandhi

References

"Ammannia L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
Jepson Manual Treatment
"Ammannia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
USDA Plants Profile