Bergia ammannioidesRoxb.

WFO wfo-0001239989 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 5 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 5 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Bergia ammannioides, photographed by Paulmathi Vinod
fig. a Paulmathi Vinod, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-01-26 / obs. 177900276

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The specimen a real sheet, in a real collection

Herbarium
The New York Botanical Garden
Accession
5003983
Filed as
Bergia ammannioides Roxb.
Det. by
not recorded on this sheet
Collected
C. B. Robinson 1911-03-11
Origin
VN
The sheet
View the digitised specimen (CC BY 4.0)

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Native range 52 botanical countries

Regions where Bergia ammannioides is native: Angola, Botswana, Burkina, Central African Republic, Chad, DR Congo, Egypt, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Afghanistan, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Iran, Iraq, Oman, Palestine, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Assam, Bangladesh, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia AngolaBotswanaBurkinaCentral African RepublicChadDR CongoEgyptKenyaMaliMauritaniaMozambiqueNamibiaNigerSenegalSomaliaSudan-South SudanTanzaniaWestern SaharaZambiaZimbabweAfghanistanChina South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanIranIraqOmanPalestineTadzhikistanTaiwanUzbekistanAssamBangladeshIndiaJawaLaosLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMyanmarNepalPakistanPhilippinesSri LankaThailandVietnamWest HimalayaNew South WalesNorthern TerritoryQueenslandSouth AustraliaVictoriaWestern Australia
Native distribution of Bergia ammannioides, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Angola ANG AFRICA
Botswana BOT
Burkina BKN
Central African Republic CAF
Chad CHA
DR Congo ZAI
Egypt EGY
Kenya KEN
Mali MLI
Mauritania MTN
Mozambique MOZ
Namibia NAM
Niger NGR
Senegal SEN
Somalia SOM
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Western Sahara WSA
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
India IND
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Pakistan PAK
Philippines PHI
Sri Lanka SRL
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
China South-Central CHC
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Oman OMA
Palestine PAL
Tadzhikistan TZK
Taiwan TAI
Uzbekistan UZB
New South Wales NSW AUSTRALASIA
Northern Territory NTA
Queensland QLD
South Australia SOA
Victoria VIC
Western Australia WAU

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 7 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Bergia ammannioides var. glaber Abdallah & Sa'ad
  • Bergia ammannioides var. pentandra Wight
  • Bergia oryzetorum Fenzl ex Zoll.
  • Bergia pentandra Cambess. ex Guill. & Perr.
  • Bergia peploides Guill. & Perr.
  • Elatine ammannioides Wight & Arn.
  • Sphondylococca malabarica Willd. ex Schult.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.