Hydrolea zeylanica

Hydrolea zeylanica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Solanales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Solanales

Familia: Hydroleaceae
Genus: Hydrolea
Species: Hydrolea zeylanica

Name

Hydrolea zeylanica (L.) Vahl, 1791

Synonyms

• Beloanthera oppositifolia Hassk., Flora 25(2): 55 (1842)
• Hydrolea arayatensis Blanco, Fl. Filip. 211 (1837)
• Hydrolea inermis Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 1: 172 (1790)
• Hydrolea javanica Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 13: 725 (1825)
• Hydrolea prostrata Exell, Journ. Bot., 67: Suppl. 2, 106 (1929)
• Hydrolea sansibarica Gilg, Engl. Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C 335 (1895)
• Hydrolea zeylanica var. ciliata Choisy, (1846)
• Nama zeylanica L., Sp. Pl. 1: 226 (1753)
• Reichelia palustris Blanco, (1837)
• Steris aquatica Burm.fil., Fl. Indica 73, t. 39, f. 3 (1768)
• Steris javanica L., Mant. 1: 54 (1767)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Indian subcontinent Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan Regional: China China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Southeastern Asia Borneo, Cambodia, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia Queensland References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Vahl, M. 1791. Symbolae botanicae, sive plantarum, tam earum, quas in itinere, imprimis orientali, collegit Petrus Forskål, quam aliarum, recentius detectarum, exactiores descriptiones, nec non observationes circa quasdam plantas dudum cognitas. Pars 2. 108 pp., tt. 26–50. Nicolaus Möller & fil., Hauniae [Copenhagen]. BHL Reference page. : 2:46.

Additional references

• Barooah, C. & Ahmed, I. (2014). Plant diversity of Assam. A checklist of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms: 1-599. Assam science technology and environment council, India.
• Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Hydrolea zeylanica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 25. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Hydrolea zeylanica. Published online. Accessed: Oct 25 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Hydrolea zeylanica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Oct 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Hydrolea zeylanica. 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 25. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Hydrolea zeylanica in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

മലയാളം: ജലനീലി
ไทย: ปอผี
中文: 探芹草

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