- Family : APONOGETONACEAE
(Aponogeton Or Cape-Pondweed Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : APONOGETON FAMILY
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Aponogetonaceae
- Synonym(s) : Aponogeton monostachyon L.f.; Spathium monostachyum (L.f.) Edgew.; Saururus natans L.; Aponogeton flavidum Ham. ex Hook.f.; Aponogeton lineare Vahl; Aponogeton lucens Hook.f.; Aponogeton monostachys Edgew.; Potamogeton indicus Roth
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Aponogeton natans (L.) Engl. & K.Krause
- Common name : Floating lace Plant, Drifting Sword Plant
- Vernacular name :
- Paruakizhangu (Malayalam)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : In stagnant, shallow water, paddy fields
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha
- Collection Date : 07/68
- Collection Nos : CJS 11779
- Collection Locality : Bannergatta, Bangalore
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Throughout Andhra Pradesh
- Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Belagavi district, Dharwad district, Kolar district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Tumakuru district
- Kerala : Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Ernakulam district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Maharashtra : Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Chandrapur district, Nagpur district, Thane district, Yavatmal district
- Odisha : Throughout Odisha
- Tamil Nadu : Throughout Tamil Nadu
- Arunachal Pradesh : Lohit
- Punjab : Punjab
- Native : Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka
- Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
- Literature :
- J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
- 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.
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons
- 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
- Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 243
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Aponogeton natans. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.
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