Linderniella trichotoma (Oliv.) Eb.Fisch., Schäferh. & Kai Müll.

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Synonyms: Bonnaya trichotoma Oliv.
Ilysanthes albertina S.Moore
Ilysanthes barteri Skan
Ilysanthes schweinfurthii Engl.
Ilysanthes trichotoma (Oliv.) Urb.
Lindernia madiensis Dandy
Lindernia schweinfurthii (Engl.) Dandy
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Status: Native
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Type location:
Sudan
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Derivation of specific name: schweinfurthii: after Dr Georg August Schweinfurth (1836-1925), german botanical collector and taxonomist.
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Worldwide distribution: Senegal, Mali, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Burkina, Ghana, Niger, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville, Central African Republic, Chad, DR Congo, Burundi, Uganda, Sudan-South Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia
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Literature:

Fischer, E. (1999). Scrophulariaceae Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Congo-Kinshasa, Rwanda & Burundi) Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Bruxelles Pages 158 - 160. as Lindernia schweinfurthii (Includes a picture).

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 78. Under Scrophulariaceae

Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 153.

Philcox, D. (1990). Scrophulariaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(2) Pages 72 - 73. As Lindernia schweinfurthii


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The Burundi flora team (2026). Flora of Burundi: Species information: Linderniella trichotoma.
https://www.burundiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=151500, retrieved 16 June 2026

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