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Taxon: Hygrophila polysperma (Roxb.) T. Anderson

Genus: Hygrophila
Family: Acanthaceae subfamily: Acanthoideae tribe: Ruellieae.
Nomen number: 316380
Place of publication: J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9:456. 1867
Name verified on: 08-Aug-2008 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 08-Aug-2008
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

SPECIES RESTRICTED BECAUSE FEDERAL AND STATE NOXIOUS WEED
A declared noxious weed by USDA-APHIS.
A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:
ALª, CAª, FLª, MAª, MNª, NCª, NHª, OKª, SCª, VTª.
ªAquatic. *Terrestrial. °In seed.
Link to noxious weed information from Invaders Database System

Common names:

  • East Indian swampweed   (Source: Castanea 63:110.1998) – English
  • hygrophila   (Source: NPB State Noxweeds [http://nationalplantboard.org/docs/summaries/florida.pdf]) – English
  • Indian swampweed   (Source: web document) – English
  • Miramar-weed   (Source: State Noxweed Seed ) – English

Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    China: China - Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan
  • ASIA-TROPICAL
    Indian Subcontinent: Bangladesh; Bhutan; India; Nepal; Pakistan - Sind
    Indo-China: Cambodia; Laos; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam

      Naturalized: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

References:

  • Angerstein, M. B. & D. E. Lemke. 1994. First records of the aquatic weed Hygrophila polysperma (Acanthaceae) from Texas. Sida 16:365–371.
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. (F China)
  • Chowdhery, H. J. & B. M. Wadhwa. 1984. Flora of Himachal Pradesh. (F Himachal)
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
  • Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. (L Nepal)
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan. (F Pak)
  • National Plant Board. 2008–. National Plant Board federal and state quarantine summaries. (NPB State Noxweeds) [re. common names for noxious weeds of Florida].
  • Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. 1999. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act. (State Noxweed Seed)
  • Verma, D. M. et al. (vol. 1); V. Mudgal et al. (vol. 2). 1993–. Flora Madhya Pradesh. (F Madhya Prad)
  • 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. (Invasive Pl Spec)
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Check other databases for Hygrophila polysperma (Roxb.) T. Anderson:

  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?316380 (09 February 2010)

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