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2. Limnophila indica (L.) Drucewfo-0000445814

Rep. Bot. Exch. Club Brit. Isl. 3: 420. 1914; Merr., Philipp. J. Sci. Bot. 9: 140. 1914; Kerr in Fl. Siam. En. 3(2): 61. 1954; Philcox, Kew Bull. 24: 115. I969; P.H.Ho, 111. Fl. S. Vietnam 2: 255. f. 3325. 1972; Chin in Fl. Reip. Pop. Sin. 67(2): 106. f. 8. 4–5. 1979; T.Yamaz., J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, 13: 581. f. 1, d–f. 1985; in Fl. C.L.V. 21: 50. 1985.— Hottonia indica L., Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 208. 1762. Fig. 46: 5–6.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Aquatic herbs; stems 10–70 cm, submerged parts much branched, glabrous; aerial parts erect, simple or slightly branched, with subdense stipitate to estipitate glands. Leaves 6–10-verticillate; submerged ones 7–30 mm long, lanceolate, pinnatifid, segments multifid, filiform, glabrous; aerial ones 5–17 by 0.5–5 mm, ovate to lanceolate, pinnatifid to acutely serrate, 1–3-nerved, glabrous. Flowers solitary and axillary, 1–10 mm long, sparsely glandular. Bracteoles linear to linear-lanceolate, obtuse, 2–4 mm, entire, rarely remotely dentate. Calyx 4–5 mm long, minutely glandular; lobes ovate to lanceolate, acuminate, 1.5–2 mm long. Corolla tubular, white to pale yellow, or yellow at base pink above, 7–11 mm long, glabrous outside, villous posteriorly inside; upper lip broadly orbicular, subentire; flower lip 3-lobed, lobes orbicular. Capsule ovate-ellipsoidal, 3–3.5 by 3 mm.

Thailand : NORTHERN: Chiang Rai (Ban Huai Sak), Phayao (Wat Tham Sao Hin); NORTH-EASTERN: Mukdahan; EASTERN: Surin; CENTRAL: Nakhon Nayok.

Distribution : Tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, Australia, New Guinea and Micronesia.

Ecology : Shallow ponds and rice-fields, lowlands and up to 1,200 m alt.