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Taxon:
Hygrophila polysperma
(Roxb.) T. Anderson
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Hygrophila
Family:
Acanthaceae
Subfamily:
Acanthoideae
Tribe:
Ruellieae
Nomen number:
316380
Place of publication:
J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9:456. 1867
Verified:
08/08/2008
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Justicia polysperma
Roxb.
No images
Reference(s)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Angerstein, M. B. & D. E. Lemke.
1994. First records of the aquatic weed
Hygrophila polysperma
(Acanthaceae) from Texas. Sida 16:365-371.
URL:
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8113#/summary
Breedlove, D. E., ed.
1981-. Flora of Chiapas.
Note:
mentions
Chinese Academy of Sciences.
1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
Chowdhery, H. J. & B. M. Wadhwa.
1984. Flora of Himachal Pradesh.
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long.
1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
Hara, H. et al.
1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds.
1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
National Plant Board.
2008-. National Plant Board federal and state quarantine summaries
URL:
http://nationalplantboard.org/docs/summaries/florida.pdf
Plant Protection and Quarantine Office.
United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Federal noxious weed list (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/permits/noxiousweed_list.html
Seed Regulatory and Testing Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A.
State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act (updated annually).
URL:
http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELPRDC5090172
Verma, D. M. et al. (vol. 1); V. Mudgal et al. (vol. 2).
1993-. Flora Madhya Pradesh.
Wasshausen, D. C.
1998. Acanthaceae of the Southeastern United States. Castanea 63:110.
Weber, E.
2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
URL:
http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Wunderlin, R. & B. Hansen.
Atlas of Florida vascular plants (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/
2018. Mid-Atlantic invasive plant species (on-line resource)
Common names
English
East Indian swampweed –
Reference(s)
hygrophila –
Reference(s)
Indian swampweed –
Reference(s)
Miramar-weed –
Reference(s)
German
indischer Wasserfreund –
Reference(s)
Swedish
vattenvän –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Guangdong Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Yunnan Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Taiwan
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Bangladesh
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Bhutan
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Nepal
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Pakistan
Sind
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Myanmar
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Vietnam
2
Cultivated
also cult.
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Northern Mexico
Mexico
Tamaulipas
4
Naturalized
Northern America
South-Central U.S.A.
United States
Texas
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Florida
Native
Asia-Temperate
CHINA:
China
[Guangdong Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu]
EASTERN ASIA:
Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bangladesh
,
Bhutan
,
India
,
Nepal
,
Pakistan
[Sind]
INDO-CHINA:
Myanmar
,
Vietnam
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
Northern America
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[Florida]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States
[Texas]
NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico
[Tamaulipas]
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
ornamental
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Environmental
ornamental
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Environmental
ornamental
Weber, E.
2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Weed
potential seed contaminant
Angerstein, M. B. & D. E. Lemke.
1994. First records of the aquatic weed
Hygrophila polysperma
(Acanthaceae) from Texas. Sida 16:365-371.
URL:
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8113#/summary
Weed
potential seed contaminant
Weber, E.
2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Name
References