Asteraceae
Enydra

Enydra fluctuans Lour.

First published in Fl. Cochinch. 2: 511 (1790)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical Old World. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina, Cambodia, China South-Central, Congo, DR Congo, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Malaya, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Philippines, Senegal, Sudan-South Sudan, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico Southeast, Northern Territory, Paraguay, Peru, Queensland, Uruguay

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Beentje, H.J. (2021). Flore du Gabon 56: 1-148. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris; Margraf Publishers, Weikersheim; Meise Botanic Garden.
  • Ghafoor, A. & al. (2021). Flora of Pakistan 224: 1-310. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Karthigeyan, K., Pandey, R.P. & Mao, A.A. (eds.) (2023). Flora of Andaman and Nicobar Islands 2: 1-689. Botanical Survey of India. Ministry of environment, forest and climate change.
  • Kiew, R. & al. (eds.) (2021). Malayan Forest Records 49: 1-403.
  • Koyama, H., Bunwong, S., Pornpongrungrueng, P. & Hind, D.J.N. (2016). Flora of Thailand 13(2): 143-428. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Rajbhandari, K.R., Rai, S.K. & Chhetri, R. (2024). A Handbook of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 5: 1-432. Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • Turner, I.M. (1995). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(1): 1-346.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Berhaut Fl. Sén. 73, 89, 92.
  • F.T.A. 3: 372
  • Fl. Cochinch. 511 (1790)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Beentje, H.J. (2021). Flore du Gabon 56: 1-148. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris; Margraf Publishers, Weikersheim; Meise Botanic Garden.
  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
  • Karthigeyan, K., Pandey, R.P. & Mao, A.A. (eds.) (2023). Flora of Andaman and Nicobar Islands 2: 1-689. Botanical Survey of India. Ministry of environment, forest and climate change.
  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Rajbhandari, K.R., Rai, S.K. & Chhetri, R. (2024). A Handbook of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 5: 1-432. Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Kew Plants for Health

  • "20th Int. Congr. ISE (Ethnopharm.) (AAVV, 2021)"
  • "UPWTA (Burkill, 2025)"
  • "World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)"
  • MPNS Import

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Agnew, A.D.Q. & Agnew, S., Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, ed. 2: 215 (1994).
  • C.D. Adams in Flora of West Tropical Africa ed. 2, 2: 242 (1963).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 28 (1956).
  • Lisowski, Asterac. Fl. Afr. Centr. 1: 176 (1991).
  • Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 2: 625 (1793).
  • Maquet in Fl. Rwanda 3: 622, fig. 191/4 (1985).
  • Oliv. & Hiern, Flora of Tropical Africa 3: 372 (1877), as ‘ Enhydra ’.
  • Wild in Kirkia 6: 35 (1967).

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • PROTA (2021). Plants Resources of Tropical Africa. https://prota4u.org/database/
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 1, 2012 Traill, J.W.H. [479] K000895509 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sep 1, 2012 Gardner, G. [5522] Brazil K000895508 Type Yes
Sep 1, 2012 Gardner, G. [5522] Brazil K000895507 Type Yes
s.coll. [2320] K003176667 Yes
Brown, R. [2125] Australia K003176661 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [12147] Tanzania K003176720 Yes
Collett, H. [340] Burma K003176649 Yes
Barbosa, L.A.G.; de Lemos, F.; Barbosa, G. [7981] Mozambique K003176729 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [12065] Tanzania K003176726 Yes
Tweedie [2885] Uganda K003176697 Yes
Richards, M. [25030] Tanzania K003176716 Yes
Mwangangi, O.M. [2260] Kenya K003176707 Yes
Ridley, H.N. [s.n.] K003176653 Yes
Festo, L.; Bayona, W.; Wilbard, W. [1701] Tanzania K003176711 Yes
s.coll. [2553A] K003176643 Yes
Lind, E. (Dr.) [461] Uganda K003176702 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [5090] Ghana K:SPC-08661.000 No
Louis, J.L.P. [10293] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003176686 Yes
Mhoro, B.; Backéus, I. [2234] Tanzania K003176721 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Newbould, J. [4437] Tanzania K003176714 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [16353] Kenya K003176705 Yes
Geilinger [3244] Tanzania K003176725 Yes
Coveny, R.G. [4384] Australia K003176663 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [411] Uganda K003176695 Yes
Ash [1723] Ethiopia K:SPC-35590.000 No
Lebrun, J.A. [3288] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003176688 Yes
Sita, P. [1746] Congo, Republic of the K001553602 Yes
Merrill, E.D. [11204] Philippines K003176657 Yes
Constable, E.F. [6458A] Australia K003176662 Yes
Verdcourt [3285] Kenya K003176704 Yes
Cunningham [s.n.] Australia K003176660 Yes
s.coll. [637] India K003176641 Yes
Teysmann, J.E. [s.n.] Indonesia K003176650 Yes
G. F. de Witte [IIII6] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003176687 Yes
Chandler, H.P. [1442] Uganda K003176699 No
Morton, J.K. [GC6323] Ghana K003176669 Yes
Jongkind, C.C.H.; Schmidt, H.H. [1728] Ghana K003176664 Yes
Masens, B. [674] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003176665 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [2337] Tanzania K003176724 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [26396] India K003176642 Yes
Clemens, M.S. [s.n.] Australia K003176658 Yes
Richards, M. [20038] Tanzania K003176718 Yes
Lye, K.A. [3945] Uganda K003176700 No
Festo, L.; Sitoni, D.; Bayona, W. [300] Tanzania K003176713 Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thomson, T. [187] India K003176645 No
Katende, A.B.; Lye, K. [k146] Uganda K003176703 Yes
Dick Van der Ben [706] K003176684 Yes
Soyaux, H. [144] K003176666 Yes
[Jean Hoyer] [2002] Kenya K003176708 Yes
illegible [3195] India K001065503 Unknown Type Material Yes
Whitehead, J.C.; Flenley, J.R. [JW 156] Indonesia K003176656 Yes
s.coll. [4293] India K003176647 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [98] Uganda K003176698 Yes
Kayombo, C.J.; Makoye, J. [3306] Tanzania K003176710 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [34573 E] India K003176646 Yes
Townsend, C.C. [2449] Kenya K003176706 Yes
Bünnemeyer [12134] K003176655 Yes
Sitoni, D.; Kayombo, C.J.; Festo, L.; Gereau, R.E. [959] Tanzania K003176712 Yes
Leonard, A. [1073] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003176685 Yes
Guy, P. [1626] Zimbabwe K003176728 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [4683] Australia K003176659 Yes
Robinson, H.C.; Kloss, C.B. [s.n.] K003176651 Yes
s.coll. [345] K003176636 Yes
Ward, C.J. [7304] South Africa K003176733 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Cookson, A.J. [6364] Zambia K003176727 Yes
Tsang; Tang; Fung [89] K003176638 Yes
Tsang, W.T. [782] China K003176637 Yes
Richards, H.M. [24710] Tanzania K003176717 Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [3350] Uganda K003176694 Yes
Festo, L.; Bayona, W.; Wilbard, W. [1308] Tanzania K003176709 Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thomson, T. [3187] India K003176648 No
Hooker, W.J. [218] K003176668 Yes
Richards, H.M. [21619] Tanzania K003176715 Yes
Robison, T. [948] Tanzania K003176723 Yes
Morton, J.K. [GC6323] Ghana K003176670 Yes
Richards, M. [20184] Tanzania K003176719 Yes
Robison, T. [788] Tanzania K003176722 Yes
Lörzing [6016] K003176652 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K003176639 Yes
Afriastini, J.J. [198 A] Indonesia K003176654 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [773] Uganda K003176696 Yes
Meebold, A.E. [6652] K003176644 Yes
s.coll. [3187] India K003176640 Yes
Trail, J.W.H. [479] Brazil Enydra anagallis K001107939 Yes
Glaziou, A. [4982] Brazil Enydra anagallis K001107937 Yes
Miers, J. [3939] Brazil Enydra anagallis K001107938 Yes
Preston, T.A. [s.n.] Brazil Enydra anagallis K001107941 Yes
Lüönd, B. [21.12] Brazil Enydra anagallis K001107940 Yes
Spruce, R. [448] Brazil Enydra anagallis K001062031 Yes
Spruce, R. [3865] Peru Enydra anagallis K001062030 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3195] India Meyera heloncha K001118765 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3195] Meyera heloncha K001118766 Unknown Type Material Yes

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