• Family : HYDROCHARITACEAE
  (Frog's-Bit Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : JHANGI FAMILY (झांगी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : HYDROCHARITACEAE
• Basionym : Physkium natans Lour.
• Synonym(s) : Vallisneria spiralis sensu Hook.f. 1888, non L. 1753.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Vallisneria natans (Lour.) H.Hara
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Pools and ponds
• Comments / notes : Submerged herb, Often in plains to 1000m.
• Flower, Fruit : October-April
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy
• Collection Date : 25-09-2010
• Collection Nos : FAP 40163
• Collection Locality : Sanevaripalli, Anantapur district (AP)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : West Godavari district, Srikakulam district, Anantapur district
  • Kerala : Kozhikode district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district
  • Odisha : Cuttack district, Sambalpur district, Ganjam district, Kalhandi district
• Native : Often in plains in spiral peduncles.
• World Distribution : Pantropical
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Herbarium specimen from Sanevaripalli, Near Mudigubba, Anantapur district (AP)
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Vallisneria natans. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

Herbarium Specimen(s)