Alismataceae
Limnocharis

Limnocharis flava (L.) Buchenau

First published in Index Crit. Butom. Alism. Juncag.: 13 (1868)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Tropical America. It is a rhizomatous hydrogeophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is has environmental uses, as animal food and a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

French Guiana

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, India, Jawa, Malaya, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Bono, G. (1996). Flora Y Vegetacion del Estado Táchira Venezuela: 1-951. Museo Regionaledi Scienze Naturali, Torino.
  • Braco, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru: 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
  • Dassanayake (ed.) (2000). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 14: 1-307. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Dy Phon, P. (2000). Dictionnaire des plantes utilisées au Cambodge: 1-915. Chez l'auteur, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  • Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1996). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(6): 1-116. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
  • Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 2: 1-694. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Haynes, R.R. & Holm-Nielsen, L.B. (1992). The Limnocharitaceae. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 56: 1-34.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Hộ, P.-H. (1993). Câycỏ Việtnam. An Illustrated flora of Vietnam 3(1): 1-603d. Pham-hoang Ho, Montréal.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánes, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590.
  • Leon, H. (1946). Flora de Cuba 1: 1-441. Cultural S. A., La Habana.
  • Moscoso, R.H. (1943). Catalogus Florae Domingensis: 1-732. New York.
  • National Parks Board Singapore (2006). Vascular Plant Life Checklist Pulau Ubin www.nparks.gov.sg/nparks_cms/cms/cmsmgr/data/6/PlantChkList.xls.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Sharief, M.U. (ed.) (2024). Flora of India 28: 1-764. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Smitinand, T. & Larsen, K. (eds.) (1978). Flora of Thailand 1: 1-694. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
  • Stevens, W.D. & al. (eds.) (2001). Flora de Nicaragua 2: 945-1910. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Van Steenis, C.G.G.J. (ed.) (1955-1958). Flora Malesiana 5: 1-595. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Zuloaga, F.O. & Morrone, O. (eds.) (1996). Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledoneae). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de la República Argentina 1: 1-323. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
  • de Moura Júnior, E.G. & al. (2015). Updated checklist of aquatic macrophytes from Northern Brazil. Acta Amazonica 45: 111-132.

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

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Dassanayake (ed.) (2000). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 14: 1-307. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Dy Phon, P. (2000). Dictionnaire des plantes utilisées au Cambodge: 1-915. Chez l'auteur, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  • Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1996). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(6): 1-116. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
  • GBIF (2008- continuously updated). Global Biodiversity Information Facility http://www.gbif.org/.
  • Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 2: 1-694. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Haynes, R.R. & Holm-Nielsen, L.B. (1992). The Limnocharitaceae. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 56: 1-34.
  • Hộ, P.-H. (1993). Câycỏ Việtnam. An Illustrated flora of Vietnam 3(1): 1-603d. Pham-hoang Ho, Montréal.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Leon, H. (1946). Flora de Cuba 1: 1-441. Cultural S. A., La Habana.
  • Moscoso, R.H. (1943). Catalogus Florae Domingensis: 1-732. New York.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • 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.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Stevens, W.D. & al. (eds.) (2001). Flora de Nicaragua 2: 945-1910. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Van Steenis, C.G.G.J. (ed.) (1955-1958). Flora Malesiana 5: 1-595. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Zuloaga, F.O. & Morrone, O. (eds.) (1996). Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledoneae). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de la República Argentina 1: 1-323. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.

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
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • 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?
Jan 1, 2012 Wood, J.R.I., et al. [19966] Bolivia K000524362 Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Balée, W.L. [924] Brazil K000887038 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Glaziou, A. [13220] Brazil K000887037 Yes
Jun 1, 1979 Harley, R.M.; Mayo, S.J.; Storr, R.M.; Santos, T.S.; Pinheiro, R.S. [18454] Brazil K000887039 Yes
Jan 1, 1970 Egler, W.A.; Irwin, H.S. [46040] Brazil K000887045 Yes
Jan 1, 1970 Prance, G.T.; Pena, B.S.; Ramos, J.F.; Videcki, E.R., Jr. [2567] Brazil K000887041 Yes
Jan 1, 1970 Prance, G.T.; Coelho, D.F.; Ramos, J.T.; Farias, L.G. [7771] Brazil K000887042 Yes
Jan 1, 1965 Eiten, G.; Eiten, L.T. [4559] Brazil K000887043 Yes
Hoare, A.; Padan, T.; Sia, R. [81] Malaysia K003192637 Yes
Khoon Winit [560] Thailand K003192621 Yes
Spruce, R. [s.n.] Peru K000201298 Yes
[D. P. M. Guile] [s.n.] Hong Kong K003192610 Yes
Hj. Othman; Yahud; et al. [S59902] Malaysia K003192642 Yes
Ravi, N. [s.n.] India K003192611 No
Linden [1255] K003192654 Yes
Lorence Lugas [1548] Malaysia K003192641 Yes
Spare, G.H. [s.n.] Malaysia K003192617 Yes
{Purdie} [s.n.] Grenada K003192676 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [11169] Bolivia K003192679 Yes
Robyns, A.G. [726I] Sri Lanka K003192613 Yes
Eggers [1507] K003192657 Yes
Spruce, R. [3872] Peru K000201297 Yes
Parnell, J.A.N.; Chayamarit, K.; Pooma, R.; Simpson, D.A.; De Wilde, B.E.E. [1924] Thailand K003192628 Yes
White, C.E. [1526] Bolivia K003192681 Yes
van Beusekom, C.F.; Geesink, R.; Phengklai, C.; Wongwan, B. [4655] Thailand K003192622 Yes
Van Hermann, H.A. [152] Cuba K003192659 Yes
University of Science & Technology [1] Ghana K003192693 Yes
Ahumada, O. [606] Argentina K003192687 Yes
Gwynne-Vaughan, D.T. [450] Thailand K003192623 Yes
Seeman [1831] Panama K003192673 Yes
Ahumada, O. [606] Argentina K003192688 Yes
Collins, E.E. [1296] Thailand K003192626 Yes
Nilsson, V.; Umaña, G.; Volio, E. [566] Costa Rica K003192651 Yes
Giking, M. [98] Malaysia K003192635 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; de Wilde-Duyfjes, B.E.E. [12705] Indonesia K003192632 Yes
s.coll. [1] Ghana K003192694 Yes
Lévy, P. [73] Nicaragua K003192645 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000260121 Yes
Chantaranothai, P.; Middleton, D.J.; Parnell, J.; Simpson, D. [817] Thailand K003192619 No
Khoon Winit [560] Thailand K003192620 Yes
[D. P. M. Guile] [6171] Hong Kong K003192609 Yes
André, É. [2575] Ecuador K003192665 Yes
Berg, C.C.; Akkermans, R.W. [1127] Ecuador K003192670 Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Harley, R.M.; Daniel, T. [18180] Bolivia K003192680 Yes
Iwatsuki, K.; Murata, G.; Dransfield, J.; Saerudin, D. [738] Indonesia K003192631 Yes
Zimmermann, R. [150] Thailand K003192624 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003192692 Yes
Guedes, M.L.; Fonseca, M.R.; Jesus, N.G.; Cavalcanti, G. [7012] Brazil K003192661 Yes
Holm-Nielsen, L.; Jeppesen, S.; Lojtnant, B.; Øllgaard, B. [2883] Ecuador K003192668 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [2818] Thailand K003192627 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [3963] Thailand K003192625 Yes
Pedersen, T.M. [11683] Argentina K003192690 Yes
{Purdie} [601] Grenada K003192675 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [15021] Thailand K003192630 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [13350] Dominican Republic K003192656 Yes
Curtiss, A.H. [527] Cuba K003192658 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K000887044 Yes
Comejo, X.; Bonifaz, C. [4598] Ecuador K003192672 Yes
Curtis, C. [341] Malaysia K003192615 Yes
Kinsun Bakia [166] Malaysia K003192640 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [4611] Brazil K000887040 Yes
Anderson, B. [1882] Colombia K003192674 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [15021] Thailand K003192629 Yes
Simpson, D.A.; Khamarudin [89/44] Malaysia K003192618 Yes
{Hallier} [[5572]] Indonesia K003192633 Yes
Spruce, R. [3872] Peru K000201299 Yes
Fendler, A. [2181] Venezuela K003192678 Yes
s.coll. [1] Ghana K003192695 Yes
Sands, M.J.S.; Johns, R.J.; Mogea, J.P.; Soetjipto Muljono; Markus Jitmau; Yesaya Magablo; Warpur, Maklon; Elisa Waly; Niko [6235] Indonesia K003192644 Yes
Hepper, F.N.; Maxwell, R.H.; Fernando, C. [4558] Sri Lanka K003192612 Yes
Robinson, H.C.; Kloss, C.B. [6160] Malaysia K003192616 Yes
Smith, H.H. [2333] Colombia K003192677 Yes
Ibarra-Manriquez, G.; Garcia, N.; Gama-López, S. [3931] Mexico K003192650 Yes
André, É. [2575] Ecuador K003192666 Yes
Ahumada, O. [2108] Argentina K003192686 Yes
Herrera, G.; Hammel, B.; Avilés, A.; Grijalva, J. [3884] Nicaragua K003192646 Yes
Holton, I.F. [130] Cuba K003192655 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Giulietti, A.M.; Lima, C.; Silva, C.; Machado, R.F. [56649] Brazil K003192660 Yes
Asplund, E. [s.n.] Ecuador K003192667 Yes
Cuatrecasas, J.; Willard, L. [26208] Colombia K003192663 Yes
Cascante, A. [50] Costa Rica K003192652 Yes
Holm-Nielsen, L.; Jaramillo, J.; Bravo, E. [22960] Ecuador K003192669 Yes
Wong, K.M. [WKM 1636] Brunei K003192634 Yes
Dodson, C.; Gentry, A.; Palacios; Zaruma [15073] Ecuador K003192671 Yes
Sennart, S.; Waterhouse, B.M. [LAE 88093] Papua New Guinea K003192643 Yes
Amin Gambating [SAN 67325] Malaysia K003192636 Yes
Hamid [24805] Malaysia K003192614 Yes
Schinini, A.; Palacios-Chávez, R. [25781] Paraguay K003192689 Yes
Estrada, A.; Vega, G.; Gonzalez, J. [2552] Costa Rica K003192653 Yes
Jones, B.L. [467] Malaysia K003192638 Yes
Araujo-Murakami, A.; Carrion Cuellar, A.M.; Alves, P.S. [5287] Bolivia K003192662 Yes
Lorence Lugas [58] Malaysia K003192639 Yes

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