Ammannia prieureana, Red stem tooth cup,
אמניה רבת-פרחים

Scientific name:		Ammannia prieureana Guill. et Perr.
Common name:		Red stem tooth cup
Hebrew name:		אמניה רבת-פרחים
Family:		Lythraceae, כפריים

Life form:		Therophyte, annual
Stems:		Erect, glabrous; young branches often 4-angled or narrowly winged
Leaves:		Opposite, entire, smooth
Flowers:		Pink
Fruits / pods:		Capsule globose; Seeds many, golden-brown, obovoid
Flowering Period:		July, August
Habitat:		Humid habitats
Distribution:		Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands
Chorotype:		Tropical
Summer shedding:		Ephemeral

Derivation of the botanical name: Ammannia, name in honor of Paul Amman (1634-1691), botanist, physiologist and director of the Hortus Medicus at the University of Leipzig. prieuriana, named after François Mathias René Leprieur ( 1799 – 1870), a French pharmacist and naturalist. The original spelling of the epithet “prieureana” should be corrected to prieuriana. The Hebrew word: אמניה, Ammannia, transliteration from the scientific name Ammannia. The standard author abbreviation Guill. is used to indicate Jean Baptiste Antoine Guillemin (1796 – 1842), a French botanist. The standard author abbreviation Perr. is used to indicate George Samuel Perrottet (1793 – 1870), a Swiss-born, French botanist and horticulturalist.