Tenagocharis latifolia (D.Don) Buchenau

 
  • 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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