Pontederia vaginalis Burm.f.
Distribution
Native to:
Afghanistan, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia
Introduced into:
California, Fiji, Hawaii
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Gomphima vaginalis (Burm.f.) Raf. in Fl. Tellur. 2: 10 (1837)
- Monochoria vaginalis (Burm.f.) C.Presl ex Kunth in Enum. Pl. 4: 134 (1843)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Monochoria loureiroi Kunth in Enum. Pl. 4: 135 (1843), nom. superfl.
- Monochoria pauciflora (Blume) Kunth in Enum. Pl. 4: 135 (1843)
- Monochoria vaginalis var. pauciflora (Blume) Merr. in Enum. Philipp. Fl. Pl. 1: 201 (1922)
- Pontederia cordata Lour. in Fl. Cochinch.: 245 (1790), nom. illeg.
- Pontederia loureiroana Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 7: 1145 (1830)
- Pontederia pauciflora Blume in Enum. Pl. Javae 1: 32 (1827)
- Pontederia vaginata Royle in Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 116 (1834), orth. var.
Publications
An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:
- Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Monochoria vaginalis.]
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| s.coll. [Cat. no. 5095], India | K001104728 | Yes | |||
| s.coll. [Cat. no. 5095], India | K001104730 | Yes | |||
| Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 5095], Myanmar | K001104732 | Yes | |||
| Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5095], Nepal | K001104731 | Yes | |||
| s.coll. [Cat. no. 5095] | K001104727 | Yes | |||
| s.coll. [Cat. no. 5095] | K001104726 | Yes | |||
| s.coll. [Cat. no. 5095] | K001104725 | Yes | |||
| s.coll. [Cat. no. 5095], India | K001104729 | Yes | |||
| Feb 10, 2016 | Amin [SAN 116301], Sabah | Monochoria vaginalis | K001045607 | No |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images