Anticharis senegalensis – eFlora of India

April 30, 2020
Anticharis

Anticharis senegalensis (Walp.) Bhandari, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 6: 327 1965. (syn: Anticharis arabica Hochst. ex Benth. (ambiguous synonym); Anticharis aschersoniana Schinz; Anticharis linearis (Benth.) Hochst. ex Aschers.; Anticharis longifolia Marloth & Engl.; Distemon angustifolius Ehrenb. ex Boiss.; Doratanthera linearis Benth.; Doratanthera senegalensis Walp.; Gerardiopsis fischeri Engl.);

Egypt (SE-Egypt), Saudi Arabia (Asir), Yemen (N-Inner Yemen, Tihama), Pakistan
(Karachi, Sind, Baluchistan, Pakistani Punjab), NW-India, S-Algeria (Hoggar),
Chad (Tibesti), Cape Verde Isl. (Santo Antao Isl., Sao Vicente Isl., Ilha da Boa
Vista), South Africa (Limpopo, N-Cape Prov.), Namibia, Botswana, Mauritania,
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Senegal, Mali, Niger, Nigeria,
Zimbabwe, Burkina Faso, Chad, Djibouti, Somalia, Angola as per Catalogue of Life;

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Anticharis senegalensis (Walp.) Bhandari for validation : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6)

I saw this small herb near Jaisalmer in September 2013. I have identified it as Anticharis senegalensis (Walp.) Bhandari, Scrophulariaceae

Please validate.

Thanks, …, for the superb collection and identification.

Yes, it appears to be Anticharis senegalensis as per GBIF POWO Kyffhäuser flora Research gate West African Plants

References:

Catalogue of Life The Plant List Ver.1.1 IPNI
GBIF POWO Kyffhäuser flora Research gate West African Plants

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