- Family : CERATOPHYLLACEAE
(Hornwort Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : SEVAR FAMILY
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Ceratophyllaceae
- Synonym(s) : Ceratophyllum demersum var. commune A.Gray; Dichotophyllum demersum (L.) Moench
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ceratophyllum demersum L.
- Common name : Hornwort
- Vernacular name :
- Sevar (Hindi)
- Hunde (Kannada)
- Salvah (Sanskrit)
- Kaimbayal (Malayalam)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Water ditches in deciduous forests and Shola
- Comments / notes : Submerged aquatic herb
- Flower, Fruit : May-January
- Collector(s) Name : Sandhya Rani, Raja K.Swamy
- Collection Date : 23/11/2009
- Collection Nos : FAP 37895
- Collection Locality : Batrepalli, Anantapur district (AP)
- Distribution :
- Kerala : Alappuzha district
- Maharashtra : Akola district
- Odisha : Common in still waters
- Arunachal Pradesh : Siang
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Angola, Argentina, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Bu
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Cosmopolitan
- 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
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
- Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 436
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ceratophyllum demersum. Downloaded on 6 October 2024.
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