Aponogeton rehmannii
A small tuberous Aponogeton of seasonal rain pools and shallow pans on the southern African plateau, from Namibia and Botswana to Zimbabwe and northern South Africa, with outlying records in Kenya. It grows in the hot, wet summer and survives the long dry winter as a dormant tuber in dried mud, so it needs a real rest to persist.
Where it grows wild
Shallow ephemeral pools, pans and vleis that fill with summer rain and dry out in winter; plants grow fully exposed in open savanna, with floating leaves and emergent spikes. This is inferred from the genus pattern in dry southern Africa and the strongly seasonal measured climate.
Recorded at 1000–1450 m (few records), on the interior plateau.
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