Hydrocotyle

Keys as per Flora of Bhutan
1. Leaves up to 1.5cm across, glabrous on upper surface; umbels 2-3mm diameter . . . . .. 3. H. sibthorpioides
+ Leaves more than 2cm across, usually pubescent on upper surface with thick hairs; umbels 4-15mm diameter . . . . .. 2
2. Leaves round in outline; umbels always solitary; fruiting pedicels more than 2mm . . . . .. .. 1. H. himalaica
+ Leaves somewhat angular in outline; umbels usually several in leaf axils; fruiting pedicels less than 2mm .  .. 2. H. nepalensis

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Hydrocotyle conferta Wight (Image by Siva Siva (ID by Santhosh Kumar), photographed in Sri Lanka)

Hydrocotyle himalaica P.K. Mukh. (Images by Ashwini Bhatia (Validation by Mahadeswara Swamy & Ushadi) & Saroj Kumar Kasaju (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links))

 
Hydrocotyle javanica Thunb. (Images by A.Shivaprakash and Anurag N.Sharma & D.S. Rawat(For more photos & complete details, click on the links))

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Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides Lam. (Images by D.S.Rawat (1,2) and Nidhan Singh (3,4 -ID by Gurcharan Singh))

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Hydrocotyle verticillata Thunb. (Images by Alka Khare 1,2-ID by Gurcharan Singh) and Gurcharan Singh (3,4))

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Hydrocotyle species in India:

  1. Hydrocotyle conferta Wight
  2. H. himalaica P.K.Mukh.
  3. H. hookeri (C.B.Clarke) W.G.Craib
  4. H. javanica Thunb.
  5. H. nepalensis Hook. [synonym of H. javanica as per The Plant List 2013
    but distinct species vide     FoC]
  6. H. podantha Molk. [synonym of H. himalaica P.K.Mukh.]
  7. H. prolifera Kellogg. [synonym of H. verticillata Thunb.]
  8. H. ramiflora Maxim.
  9. H. siamica Craib
  10. H. sibthorpioides Lam.
  11. H. verticillata Thunb.

References:

  1. Karthikeyan, S., Sanjappa, M. and Moorthy, S. 2009. Flowering Plants of India, Dicotyledons, vol-I (Acanthaceae- Avicenniaceae). Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata. pp.111.
  2. eFI page

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