Araceae
Cryptocoryne

Cryptocoryne retrospiralis (Roxb.) Kunth

First published in Enum. Pl. 3: 12 (1841)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is India to Myanmar. It is a helophyte or perennial and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Ara, H. (2001). An Annotated Checklist of Aroids of Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy 8(2): 19-34.
  • Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Sasikala, K., Vajravelu, E. & Daniel, P. (2019). Fascicles of Flora of India 29: 1-357. Botanical Survey of India, New Delhi.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ara, H. (2001). An Annotated Checklist of Aroids of Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy 8(2): 19-34.
  • Sasikala, K., Vajravelu, E. & Daniel, P. (2019). Fascicles of Flora of India 29: 1-357. Botanical Survey of India, New Delhi.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 10, 1978 [Laws, M.] [s.n.] India K000950316 Type Yes
Barnes, E. [973] India K002977381 Yes
Haines, H.H. [593] India K002977371 Yes
Ranade [s.n.] India K002977375 Yes
Engler, A. [16] India K002977390 Yes
Ramamoorthy, T.P.; Gandhi, K.N. [HFP2584] India K002977357 Yes
Haines, H.H. [593] India K002977364 Yes
Lawson, M.A. [s.n.] India K002977378 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002977358 Yes
Ranade, B. [s.n.] India K002977376 Yes
Barnes, E. [634] India K002977361 Yes
Barnes, E. [982] India K002977363 Yes
Barnes, E. [636] India K002977365 Yes
[Law] [34or36] India K002977373 Yes
Fischer, C.E.C. [4023] India K002977379 Yes
s.coll. [NS4510] India K002977389 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002977383 Yes
Fisher, C.E.C. [827] India K002977367 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [2768] India K002977385 Yes
Sivadasan, M. [CU21413] India K002977360 Yes
Sivadasan, M. [CU13014] India K002977359 Yes
Thomson, G. [s.n.] India K002977382 Yes
Cail, A. [23] India K002977386 Yes
van der Maesen, L.J.G. [3335] India K002977362 Yes
s.coll. [151] India K002977370 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [9090] India K002977372 Yes
s.coll. [[5]] India K002977384 Yes
Barnes, E. [633] India K002977366 Yes
Bogner, J. [1852] India K002977377 Yes
Rangachari, K. [s.n.] India K002977380 Yes
Wood, J.J. [s.n.] India K002977388 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [10130] India K002977368 Yes
Fisher, C.E.C. [1765] India K002977374 Yes
s.coll. [860] India K002977387 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002977369 Yes
Dalzell, N.A. [s.n.] India Cryptocoryne dalzellii K000950317 Type Yes
s.coll. [NS4514] India Cryptocoryne dalzellii K002977354 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0