{"id":1384222,"date":"2015-11-06T05:03:07","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T05:03:07","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T18:25:54","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T12:55:54","slug":"myriophyllum-oliganthum","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/myriophyllum-oliganthum\/","title":{"rendered":"Myriophyllum oliganthum"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Myriophyllum<\/i> oliganthum<\/i> (Wight & Arn.) F.Muell.,\u00a0 Fragm. 10: 54 1876<\/cite>. ;<\/div>\n
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Common name:<\/strong> Few-Flowered Watermilfoil<\/div>\n
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Aquatic floating herbs, glabrous. Leaves alternate, to 15 x 1 mm, linear, flat, glabrous; lower ones pinnatisect into filiform lobes. Flowers sessile, in axillary clusters; sepals 4, 1 mm long, oblong; petals absent; stamens 4, filaments short; anthers 1 mm long, oblong; ovary 4-celled, ovules solitary in each cell, pendulous; styles 4, free, plumose. Fruit 4-partite, fruitlets 0.5 mm long, tuberculate.<\/font> <\/div>\n

Flowering and fruiting: March-April<\/font> <\/div>\n
Perennial ponds<\/font> <\/div>\n
Peninsular India (endemic)<\/font><\/div>\n
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(Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi from India Biodiversity Portal<\/font><\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Myriophyllum oliganthum<\/font><\/i> is endemic to India (Cook 1996). Kerala,\u00a0Byaba\u00a0State\u00a0Forest in\u00a0Hassan in\u00a0Karnataka,\u00a0Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu (Cook 1996). Maharashtra (Singh and Karthikeyan 2000), and Andhra Pradesh (Pullaiah and Karuppusamy 2008).<\/font><\/div>\n
Myriophyllum oliganthum<\/i> is an annual herb, grows in stagnant, permanent freshwater water, lakes, tanks, often gregarious (Cook 1996, B. Sadasivaiah pers. comm.).<\/font><\/div>\n
Species of the Genus Myriophyllum<\/i> have economic importance in the purification of water, as feed for pigs, ducks, and fish, and in polishing wood. The plants are used medicinally to reduce fever and as an antidiarrheal (eFlora of China).<\/font> <\/div>\n
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Citation:<\/td>\nGupta, A.K., Sadasivaiah, B. & Bhat, G.K. 2013. Myriophyllum oliganthum<\/i>. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T194155A8884339. http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.2305\/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T194155A8884339.en<\/font><\/a> . Downloaded on 06 November 2015.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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ANOCT08\/08 Myriophyllum oliganthum (Wight & Arn.) F.Muell. (Please validate)<\/a> : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5)<\/font><\/div>\n
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Family: Haloragaceae<\/i>
Date: 25th October 2015
Place: Savandurga, Karnataka<\/font>
Habit: Aquatic herb
Habitat: Scrub forests on open hill slopes and in rock pools<\/font><\/p>\n
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Two more habitat shots. Attachments (2)<\/p>\n
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Superb display …!!<\/p>\n

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Yes.\u00a0This is Myriophyllum oliganthum<\/i>, a common species.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Yes. I think the id is correct.<\/p>\n

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Tamhini ghat near Pune, MH :: Aquatic plant for ID :: ARK2019-72<\/a>\u00a0: 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments<\/span> (7)<\/font><\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n

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This aquatic plant was seen in the forest in the Tamhini ghat near Pune, MH in Aug 2019.<\/div>\n
It was seen growing at 2 places – one, in a pond and the other – on land as well.<\/div>\n
The plant seemed to be the same at both the places.<\/div>\n
Requested to please provide ID.<\/div>\n

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green foxtail. Myriophyllum sp. likely escapee from someone’s aquarium?\/ m. pinnatum<\/em>??<\/p>\n
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I find\u00a0one species similar to yours as per comparative images in efi site\u00a0at Myriophyllum<\/em><\/font><\/a>\u200e<\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Myriophyllum oliganthum<\/em>\u00a0(Wight & Arn.) F.Muell.<\/font><\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
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I thought to same \u2026<\/p>\n
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Anurag has wonderful Habit pictures and his close up show the id <\/div>\n
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<\/font>The Plant List Ver.1.1<\/a>
\n\u00a0IPNI<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Flora of\u00a0Karnataka<\/a>\u00a0
\nIndia Biodiversity Portal<\/a> \u00a0Kerala plants<\/a>\u00a0 IUCN Red List (LC)<\/a>\u00a0 Flora of Eastern Ghats: Hill Ranges of South East India, Volume 3<\/a>\u00a0By T. Pullaiah\u00a0(2007- details with keys)\u00a0 Flowers of India<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Myriophyllum oliganthum (Wight & Arn.) F.Muell.,\u00a0 Fragm. 10: 54 1876. ; Common name: Few-Flowered Watermilfoil Aquatic floating herbs, glabrous. Leaves alternate, to 15 x 1 mm, linear, flat, glabrous; lower ones pinnatisect into filiform lobes. Flowers sessile, in axillary clusters; sepals 4, 1 mm long, oblong; petals absent; stamens 4,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[6542],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1384222","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-myriophyllum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1384222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1384222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1384222\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1384222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1384222"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1384222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}