Nechamandra alternifolia

Nechamandra alternifolia

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Hydrocharitaceae
Genus: Nechamandra
Species: Nechamandra alternifolia

Name

Nechamandra alternifolia (Roxb.) Thwaites, 1864

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Vallisneria alternifolia Roxb. ex Wight, Bot. Misc. 2: 344 (1831).
• Homotypic
  • Lagarosiphon alternifolia (Roxb. ex Wight) Druce, Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 4: 630 (1916 publ. 1917).
• Heterotypic
  • Nechamandra roxburghii Planch., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 11: 78 (1849).
  • Lagarosiphon roxburghii (Planch.) Benth. in G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker, Gen. Pl. 3: 451 (1883).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Indian subcontinenet Assam, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka Regional: China Peninsular Arabia Regional: China Socotra Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Southeastern Asia Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam Introduced into: Sudan References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Thwaites, G.H.K. 1858–1864. Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniae: an enumeration of Ceylon plants, with descriptions of the new and little-known genera and species, observations on their habitats, uses, native names, etc. VIII+483 pp. Dulau & Co., London. BHL Reference page. : 332.

Additional references

• Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Nechamandra alternifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 24. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Nechamandra alternifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 24. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Nechamandra alternifolia. Published online. Accessed: Oct 24 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Nechamandra alternifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 Oct 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Nechamandra alternifolia. 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 24. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Nechamandra alternifolia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

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