Hygrophila serpyllum

Hygrophila serpyllum
Hygrophila serpyllum

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Lamiales 
Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Acanthaceae
Subfamilia: Acanthoideae
Tribus: Ruellieae
Subtribus: Hygrophilinae
Genus: Hygrophila
Species: Hygrophila serpyllum

Name

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Hygrophila serpyllum Nees) T.Anderson, 1867

Synonyms

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  • Homotypic
    • Physichilus serpyllum Nees in Compan. Bot. Mag. 2: 311 (1837)
  • Heterotypic
    • Adenosma polysperma Spreng. in Syst. Veg. ed. 16. 2: 829 (1825)
    • Ruellia polysperma B.Heyne ex Roth in Nov. Pl. Sp.: 305 (1821)

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
      • South Africa (Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal), Swaziland, Namibia, Ivory Coast, Central African Republic, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, Chad, Gambia, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Sudan, South Sudan, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique
  • Continental: Asia
      • India (E- to peninsular India, Upper Gangetic Plains)

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

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Vernacular names

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