Potamogeton octandrus Poiret

 
  • Family : POTAMOGETONACEAE
    (Pond Weed Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : POTAMOGETON FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Potamogetonaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Hydrogeton heterophyllus Lour.; Potamogeton asiaticus A.Benn.; Potamogeton hubeiensis W.X.Wang, X.Z.Sun & H.Q.Wang; Potamogeton iriomotensis Masam.; Potamogeton limosellifolius Maxim. ex Korsh.; Potamogeton mizuhikimo Makino; Potamogeton numasakianus A.Benn.; Potamogeton octandrus var. asiaticus (A.Benn.) Tzvelev; Potamogeton octandrus subsp. limosellifolius (Maxim. ex Korsh.) Vorosch.; Potamogeton octandrus var. limosellifolius (Maxim. ex Korsh.) Tzvelev; Potamogeton octandrus var. mizuhikimo (Makino) H.Hara; Potamogeton subfuscus A.Benn.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Potamogeton octandrus Poir.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Aquatic
  • Comments / notes : River banks and brackish water in coastal areas
  • Key identification features : Perennial, aquatic, branched herbs; Lower leaves filiform, upper leaves elliptic or oblong-Ianceolate; Flowers on short peduncled spikes, greenish; Drupelets ovoid, tubercled.
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district
    • Kerala : Alappuzha district
    • Odisha : Puri district, Khurda district, Ganjam district
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Subansiri
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Amur, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Hainan, India, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Manchuria, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Primorye, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Amur, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Hainan, India, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Manchuria, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Primorye, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1
    • Pullaiah, 1997. Fl. Andhra Pradesh, vol. 3
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 243-244
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Potamogeton octandrus. Downloaded on 8 October 2024.

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