Echinodorus palifolius (Nees & Mart.) J.F.Macbr.

 
  • Family : Alismataceae
    (Water-Plantain Or Arrowhead Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ALISMA FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Alismataceae
  • Synonym(s) : Alisma palifolium (Nees & Mart.) Kunth; Echinodorus palifolius (Nees & Mart.) J.F.Macbr.; Sagittaria palifolia Nees & Mart.; Alisma ellipticum Mart. ex Schult.f.; Alisma ellipticum var. minus Seub.; Alisma nathpurense Steud.; Alisma virgata Hook. & Arn.; Echinodorus ellipticus (Mart. ex Schult.f.) Micheli; Echinodorus ellipticus var. latifolius Micheli; Echinodorus ellipticus var. minus (Seub.) Micheli; Echinodorus glandulosus Rataj; Echinodorus palifolius var. latifolius (Micheli) Rataj; Echinodorus palifolius var. minus (Seub.) Rataj; Echinodorus piauhyensis Kasselm.; Echinodorus virgatus (Hook. & Arn.) Micheli; Sagittaria palifolia var. elliptica (Mart. ex Schult.f.) Kuntze; Sagittaria palifolia f. foliosobracteata Kuntze; Sagittaria palifolia var. heterophylla Kuntze; Sagittaria palifolia var. undulata Kuntze
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Aquarius palifolius (Nees & Mart.) Christenh. & Byng
  • Common name : Mexican Sword-Plant
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : A shrub that grows well in very wet condition such as pond and aquarium
  • Key identification features : Aquatic plant with long, thin leaf-stalks and spear shaped leaf blades; Inflorescence racemose or paniculate; Flowers white, 3-petalled, grow in distant whorls on a rigid long stem; Fruit wide attenuate toward ends, terete and glandular
  • Flower, Fruit : May- October
  • Distribution :
    • Maharashtra : Thane
  • Native : Brazil, Mexico
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : Brazil, Mexico
  • Literature :
    • Photographs of Dinesh Valke
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Echinodorus palifolius. Downloaded on 6 October 2024.

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