Limnophila indica

Limnophila indica
Limnophila indica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Plantaginaceae
Tribus: Gratioleae
Genus: Limnophila
Species:

Name

Limnophila indica (L.) Druce, (1913 publ. 1914)

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Limnophila gratioloides R.Br. in Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 442 (1810), nom. superfl.
    • Limnophila myriophylloides Roth in Nov. Pl. Sp.: 294 (1821), nom. superfl.
    • Terebinthina indica (L.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 467 (1891)
    • Hottonia indica L. in Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 208 (1762)
    • Ambulia gratioloides Baill. ex Wettst. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3b): 73 (1891), nom. superfl.
    • Ambulia indica (L.) W.Wight in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 9: 181 (1905)
  • Heterotypic
    • Columnea balsamea Roxb. in Hort. Bengal.: 47 (1814)
    • Columnea balsamica Roxb. in Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 97 (1832)
    • Gratiola chamaedrifolia Lam. in Encycl. 3: 27 (1789)
    • Gratiola trifida Willd. in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 1: 104 (1797)
    • Hydropityon pedunculatum Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 1: 422 (1824)
    • Hydropityon zeylanica C.F.Gaertn. in Suppl. Carp. 3: 19 (1805)
    • Limnophila benthamiana Miq. ex Hook.f. in Fl. Brit. India 4: 271 (1884)
    • Limnophila elongata Benth. in N.Wallich, Numer. List: n.° 3903 (1831)
    • Limnophila gratioloides var. nana Skan in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(2): 319 (1906)
    • Limnophila myriophylloides var. serrulata Roth in Nov. Pl. Sp.: 296 (1821)
    • Limnophila roxburghii Benth. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 10: 388 (1846), nom. illeg.
    • Limnophila stipitata (Hayata) Makino & Nemoto in Fl. Japan, ed. 2: 1060 (1931)
    • Limnophila trichophylla (Kom.) Kom. in Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 25: 421 (1907)
    • Limnophila trifida Spreng. in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 802 (1825)
    • Ambulia stipitata Hayata in Icon. Pl. Formosan. 9: 76 (1920)
    • Ambulia trichophylla Kom. in Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 18: 429 (1901)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Cosmopolitan
    • Regional: Tropical & Subtropical Old World
      • Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, DR Congo, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Gabon, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Laos, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Zambia, Zimbabwe
    • Introduced into:
      • Florida, Louisiana

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Additional references

  • Rajbhandari, K.R., Rai, S.K. & Chhetri, R. (2022). A Handbook of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 4: 1-522. Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Vernacular names

  • العربية: ليمنوفيلاانديكا
  • English: Indian marshweed, Indian Marshweed
  • 中文: 有梗石龙尾
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