Taxon: Monochoria vaginalis (Burm. f.) C. Presl ex Kunth

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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:

AL*, FLª, MAª, NCª, SCª, TXª.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Common names:

• oval-leaf monochoria   (Source: Pl Res SEAs ) – English
  
• oval-leaf-pondweed   (Source: Pl Res SEAs ) – English
  
• pickerel-weed   (Source: USDA/APHIS ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• Human food: potential as vegetable   (fide Pl Res SEAs 8:210-212. 1993)
  
• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide Weed CIBA)
  

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Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China
  Eastern Asia: Japan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Malesia: Indonesia; Malaysia; Philippines

References:

• CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
• Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants. Florida state list aquatic & wetland noxious weeds - from Department of Environmental Protection (on-line resource).
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds.
• Plant Protection and Quarantine Office. United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Federal noxious weed list (on-line resource).
• Saldanha, C. J. & D. H. Nicolson. 1976. Flora of Hassan district.
• Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 8:210–212.
• Soerjani, M. et al., eds. 1987. Weeds of rice in Indonesia. 488.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Monochoria vaginalis.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Monochoria vaginalis.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Monochoria vaginalis.

Synonyms:

• (=) Monochoria vaginalis var. pauciflora Merr.
  
• (≡) Pontederia vaginalis Burm. f. (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Monochoria vaginalis (Burm. f.) C. Presl ex Kunth:

• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• 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.

Images:

• Disseminule drawings: U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Embryo drawing: U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Forestry Images: from www.forestryimages.org
• Fruit: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seeds: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• 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.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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