Commelinaceae
Murdannia

Murdannia japonica (Thunb.) Faden

First published in Taxon 26: 142 (1977)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Himalaya to Japan and W. Malesia. It is a perennial or tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Japan, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acharya, J., Banerjee, D. & Mukherjee, A. (2009). A contribution to the study of Commelinaceae R.Br. in Darjeeling - Sikkim Himalayas. Pleione 3(1): 18-27.
  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Chou, S., Chhnang, P. & Kim, Y. (2016). A Checklist for the Seed Plants of Cambodia: 1-272. National Institute of Biological Resources, Korea.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 1, 2019 Dalzell [s.n.] India K001325305 Type Yes
Tadong, L. [33] Malaysia K002793582 Yes
Tadong, L. [33] Malaysia K002793581 Yes
Rumutom, M. [128] Malaysia K002793579 Yes
Henry, A. [12,324] China K002792852 Yes
[Bameuleoth] [864C] K002793313 Yes
Garrett, H.B.G. [1405] Thailand K002793443 Yes
Kammathy, R.V. [81222] India K002793316 Yes
Tadong, L. [268] Malaysia K002793580 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [26529 D] K002793310 Yes
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.] India K002793311 Yes
s.coll. [762 A] K002793317 Yes
[illegible] [864 A] K002793314 Yes
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.] India K002793312 Yes
s.coll. [968] K002793315 Yes
Yapp [47] Malaysia Murdannia lineolata K002793375 Yes
Yapp, R.H. [47] Malaysia Murdannia lineolata K002793373 Yes
Haniff, M.; [Mrs.] [10156] Malaysia Murdannia lineolata K002793374 Yes
Ridley, H.N.; Kloss, C.B. [s.n.] Malaysia Murdannia lineolata K002793376 Yes
Williams; Stainton [8290] Nepal Murdannia elata K002793307 Yes
Grierson, A.J.C.; Long, D.G. [1470] Bhutan Murdannia elata K002793308 Yes
Rao, A.S. [95052] Murdannia elata K002793309 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5223] India Aneilema herbaceum K001120184 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5223] Burma Aneilema herbaceum K001120180 Unknown Type Material Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 5223] Aneilema herbaceum K001120181 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 5223] Burma Aneilema herbaceum K001120179 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5223] India Aneilema herbaceum K001120183 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5223] Burma Aneilema herbaceum K001120178 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5223] Aneilema herbaceum K001120182 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • 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/

  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

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