Family:
Araceae Juss.
Genus:
Cryptocoryne Fisch. ex Wydler

Cryptocoryne thwaitesii Schott

This species is accepted, and its native range is SW. Sri Lanka.

Native to:

Sri Lanka

Cryptocoryne thwaitesii Schott appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1973 Thwaites, G.H.K. [3464], Sri Lanka K000950331 holotype Yes

First published in Bonplandia (Hannover) 5: 221 (1857)

Accepted by

  • 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.

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

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