Aeschynomene fluitans Peter

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HERBARIUM OF
THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
plants of ZAMBIA , Southern Province
Aeschynomene fluitans Peter
Det. B. Gates 197U
Plant rooted in mud, the stems to 101 long and
floating on water surface of hippo wallow. Flowers
dirty yellow. Stems covered with chlorophyllows
adventitious roots. Abundant, but only in leaf where
still submerged. On Kafue flood plain, near Chunga,
Lochinvar National Park. Fabaceae
collected by B.E. Gates	8	July	1973
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