Pan India Bouquets

Nymphoides hydrophylla (Lour.) Kuntze

Family : Menyanthaceae
(Pogbean Family)
Family (Hindi name) : KUMUDINI FAMILY (कुमुदीनी फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Menyanthaceae
Basionym : Menyanthes hydrophylla Lour.
Synonym(s) : Limnanthemum hydrophyllum (Lour.) Griseb.; Menyanthes sinarica Buch.-Ham. ex Steud.; Villarsia hydrophyllum (Lour.) Roem. & Schult.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Nymphoides hydrophylla (Lour.) Kuntze
Common name : Crested Floatingheart, White water snowflake, White snowflake
Vernacular name : Kumudini, Tagarmul (Hindi); Kumudini (Marathi)
Habit : Aquatic herb
Habitat : Floating in fresh water bodies
Comments / notes : Mostly grow in standing water
Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- West Bengal : Darjeeling district,MHN
Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Iran, Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Iran to China (Guangxi, Guangdong) and Indo-China
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 178; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 2. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 658
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Nymphoides hydrophylla. Downloaded on 3 June 2023.

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