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Elatine gussonei (Maltese Waterwort) |
Elatine gussonei (ELATINACEAE.) Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands after year 2000. |
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Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Elatine gussonei(Sommier) Brullo; Lanfranco; Pavone & Ronsisvalle
Published in G. Moesz, Magyar Bot. Lapok 7: 1–34 (1908). |
Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : |
Elatinaceae
Dumortier (The Elatine Family) 1 species from the Elatinaceae family is recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Maltese Waterwort, Maltese Elatine, Pelagian Elatine |
Maltese name(s) : |
Elatine |
Status for Malta : |
Subendemic. Found in Malta and neighbouring territories such as in Sicily,
Lampedusa, Pantelleria, and other islands. |
Frequency : |
Very Common Common Frequent Scarce Rare Very rare Extinct |
Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: HYDROPHYTE ( living only or mostly in water )
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon |
Legal Protection : |
Protected by law: Schedule III of [S.L. 549.44] (Conservation requires the designation of SAC) |
Red List (1989) : |
Threatened status for the Maltese Islands and has been listed in the Red Data Book (1st ed.) |
Flowering Time : |
February – March |
Colour of Flowers: |
Pink |
Name Derivation : |
Elatine: Ancient Greek name for some aquatic creeping plants. (Greek origin )
gussonei: Named after the botanist Giovanni Gussone from Naples, Italy (1787-1866). ( )
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Description, Habitat and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
All species grow in shallow, usually still water, on wet mud or sand, or in seasonally flooded places. |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Temporary Winter-Spring rain-water rock pools in garigue or steppe. |
Botanical Description: |
Herbs of wet places. Leaves entire. Sepals 3 or 4, membranous, obtuse, connate at base. Petals 3 or 4, membranous, patent in terrestrial plants, closely investing ovary or occasionally absent in aquatic plants. Capsule more or less globose. Seeds straight or curved. |
Distributional range: |
(Mason loc. cit.) |
Distributional map in Europe and the Mediterranean region (2018): |
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Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region. (from Euro+Med Checklist, 2019)
Country codes
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