Enhalus acoroides

Enhalus acoroides

Enhalus acoroides

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Alismatales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Alismatales

Familia: Hydrocharitaceae
Genus: Enhalus
Species: Enhalus acoroides

Name

Enhalus acoroides (L.f.) Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 1: 377 (1839).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Stratiotes acoroides L.f., Suppl. Pl.: 268 (1782).
• Heterotypic
  • Enhalus koenigii Rich., Mém. Cl. Sci. Math. Inst. Natl. France 12(2): 78 (1811 publ. 1814).
  • Vallisneria sphaerocarpa Blanco, Fl. Filip.: 780 (1837).
  • Enhalus marinus Griff., Not. Pl. Asiat. 3: 178 (1851).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Enhalus acoroides Continental: Africa, Asia & Australia Andaman Is., Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Hainan, India, Jawa, Kenya, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Marianas, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Solomon Is., Somalia, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Vietnam, Western Australia, Yemen References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Royle, J.F. [1833] 1839[–1840]. Illustrations of the botany and other branches of the natural history of the Himalayan Mountains, and of the flora of Cashmere. Volume I [Text]. 472 pp. London: Wm. H. Allen. BHL Reference page. : 1: 377

Additional references

• Chaudhary, S.A. (2001). Flora of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 3: 1-368. Ministry of Agriculture & Water, Riyadh.
• Dassanayake (ed.) (1995). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 9: 1-482. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Enhalus acoroides in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 23. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Enhalus acoroides in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Enhalus acoroides. Published online. Accessed: Oct 23 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Enhalus acoroides. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Oct 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Enhalus acoroides. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 23. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

日本語: ウミショウブ
ไทย: หญ้าชะเงา
中文: 海菖蒲属

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