- Family : ALISMATACEAE
(Water-Plantain Or Arrowhead Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : ALISMA FAMILY
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Alismataceae
- Synonym(s) : Butomus latifolius D.Don; Butomopsis cordofana (Hochst.) Kunth ex Walp.; Butomopsis lanceolata (Roxb.) Kunth; Elattosis apetala Gagnep.; Tenagocharis alismoides Hochst.; Tenagocharis cordofana Hochst.; Tenagocharis lanceolata (Roxb.) Baill.; Butomus lanceolatus Roxb.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Butomopsis latifolia (D.Don) Kunth
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Aquatic
- Comments / notes : Common in marshy places.
- Key identification features : Perennial, rhizomatous herbs with Milky Juice; Leaves oblanceolate, long petioled; Flowers white, in terminal whorls on long peduncles; pedicels unequal; Petals disintegrate into mucilaginous mass.
- Flower, Fruit : September-February
- Collector(s) Name : H.O.Saxena, M.Brahmam
- Collection Date : 25/11/1986
- Collection Nos : RRL 5998
- Collection Locality : Marbhang, Odisha
- Distribution :
- Telangana : Nizamabad district, Warangal district
- Maharashtra : Bhandara district, Chandrapur district, Nagpur district, Yavatmal district
- Odisha : Bargarh district, Bolangir district
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Tirap
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, China, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Laos, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Tha
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, China, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Laos, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons.
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 242-243
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Tenagocharis latifolia. Downloaded on 11 October 2024.
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