Aquarius palifolius

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Aquarius palifolius
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Alismataceae
Genus: Aquarius
Species:
A. palifolius
Binomial name
Aquarius palifolius
(Nees & Mart.) J.F.Macbr.
Synonyms [1]
  • Sagittaria palifoliaNees & Mart
  • Alisma palifolium(Nees & Mart.) Kunth
  • Alisma ellipticumMart. ex Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes
  • Alisma virgataHook. & Arn.
  • Alisma nathpurenseSteud.
  • Alisma ellipticum var. minusSeub. in C.F.P.von Martius
  • Echinodorus ellipticus(Mart. ex Schult.f.) Micheli in A.L.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle
  • Echinodorus ellipticus var. latifoliusMicheli in A.L.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle
  • Echinodorus ellipticus var. minus(Seub.) Micheli in A.L.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle
  • Echinodorus virgatus(Hook. & Arn.) Micheli in A.L.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle
  • Sagittaria palifolia var. elliptica(Mart. ex Schult.f.) Kuntze
  • Sagittaria palifolia f. foliosobracteataKuntze
  • Sagittaria palifolia var. heterophyllaKuntze
  • Sagittaria palifolia var. undulataKuntze
  • Echinodorus palifolius var. latifolius(Micheli) Rataj
  • Echinodorus palifolius var. minus(Seub.) Rataj
  • Echinodorus piauhyensisKasselm

Aquarius palifolius, Echinodorus palifolius, also known as Mexican sword plant is an emerged aquatic plant in the Alismataceae. It has a rather odd, discontinuous range, native to Brazil (Minas Gerais and Bahia), Peru, Uruguay, and Mexico (Nayarit). [1] [2] [3] It has been introduced in many countries including Bangladesh and India.[ citation needed ]

Contents

The specific epithet is sometimes spelled "palaefolius." The correct spelling is "palifolius" per ICN 60G.1.[ citation needed ]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Macbride, J. F. 1936. Alismaceae, Flora of Peru. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 13(1/1): 91–94.
  3. ↑ Macbride, James Francis. 1931. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 11(1): 4.


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