Cryptocoryne walkeri Schott
First published in Bonplandia (Hannover) 5: 221 (1857)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central Sri Lanka. It is a helophyte or perennial and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Sri Lanka
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Cryptocoryne legroi de Wit in Meded. Bot. Tuinen Belmonte Arbor. 13: 279 (1970)
- Cryptocoryne lutea Alston in H.Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceylon 6(Suppl.): 293 (1931)
- Cryptocoryne lutea var. minor Alston in H.Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceylon 6(Suppl.): 293 (1931)
- Cryptocoryne walkeri var. legroi (de Wit) Rataj in Stud. Ceskoslov. Akad. Ved 3: 75 (1975)
- Cryptocoryne walkeri var. lutea (Alston) Rataj in Stud. Ceskoslov. Akad. Ved 3: 75 (1975)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- 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.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Walker, G.W. [288], Sri Lanka | K000950330 | holotype | Yes |
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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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