{"id":1415716,"date":"2011-02-27T07:00:28","date_gmt":"2011-02-27T07:00:28","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T18:52:55","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T13:22:55","slug":"echinodorus-palaefolius","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/echinodorus-palaefolius\/","title":{"rendered":"Echinodorus palifolius"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Echinodorus<\/i> palifolius<\/i> (Nees & Mart.) J.F.Macbr.<\/span><\/a>\u00a0, Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 11: 4 1931<\/i>.\u00a0(Syn. Alisma<\/i> ellipticum<\/i> Mart. ex Schult.f.<\/span><\/a>\u00a0.; Alisma<\/i> nathpurense<\/i> Steud.<\/span><\/a>; Alisma<\/i> palifolium<\/i> (Nees & Mart.) Kunth<\/span><\/a>; Alisma<\/i> virgata<\/i> Hook. & Arn.<\/span><\/a>; Echinodorus<\/i> ellipticus<\/i> (Mart. ex Schult.f.) Micheli<\/span><\/a>\u00a0..; Echinodorus<\/i> palaefolius<\/i> (Nees & Mart.) Herter<\/span><\/a>\u00a0..; Echinodorus<\/i> piauhyensis<\/i> Kasselm.<\/span><\/a>; Echinodorus<\/i> virgatus<\/i> (Hook. & Arn.) Micheli<\/span><\/a>; Sagittaria<\/i> palifolia<\/i> Nees & Mart.<\/span><\/a>\u00a0….);<\/div>\n
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\nek-in-OH-dor-us<\/b> — from the Greek <\/span>echninos<\/i> (hedgehog) and <\/span>doros<\/i> (bag, leather bottle)
\n<\/span>pal-ee-FOH-lee-us<\/b> — from the Greek <\/span>paleo<\/i> (pale) and <\/span>folius<\/i> (leaves)
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\n<\/span>commonly known as<\/b>: Mexican sword-plant
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\n<\/span>Native of<\/b>: Brazil<\/span>
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ID170509phk\u00a01<\/a> :\u00a0\u00a0Attachments (2). 5 posts by 4 authors.
\nId pl. a <\/span>aquatic plant photographed at Go Green nursery<\/span>, <\/span>Karnala<\/span><\/div>\n
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It is Hydrocharis morsus-ranae<\/i>.<\/p>\n

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I think this could be the native species Hydrocharis dubia. Leaves of Hydrocharis dubia<\/i> can be ovate also, like the one seen in\u00a0… picture. If I am not wrong, Hydrocharis morsus-ranae<\/i> has only kidney- shaped leaves.
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I had almost assumed this to be a Hydrocharis<\/i>, but somehow the leaves did not agrees.
\nIt is actually another plant from the same family: Swamp Lily (Ottelia ovalifolia<\/i>)
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Echinodorus palaefolius<\/span><\/i> in view of changed link given by … at
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\nJijamata Udyan, Aug 2014 :: Echinodorus palaefolius :: ARKOCT-15<\/a> : 5 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (4)
\n<\/span>Requesting to please validate the ID (<\/span>Echinodorus\u00a0palaefolius<\/span><\/span><\/i>) of this <\/span>aquatic plant captured at Jijamata Udyan<\/span>, Mumbai in August 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Yes it is Echinodorus\u00a0<\/i>palaefolius<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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wiki essay says introduced in to India from Mexico
\na little searching makes me think it came for fresh water aquarium trade
\n<\/span>seems it escaped … thrown down the drain …
\n<\/span>now the question is
\n<\/span>will it be one more of the cross to bear for Indian water ways like the water hyacinth
\n<\/span>is there a regulatory agency that allows\/ disallows plats imports and widespread introduction??\/
\n<\/span>is not there a restriction on imports?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Echinodorus palifolius (Nees & Mart.) J.F.Macbr.<\/a> : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)<\/span><\/div>\n
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Location: Bangkok, Thailand<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Date: 22 August 2012
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Plant identification 1<\/a>\u00a0: 3 posts by 1 author. Attachments (1)- 2 MB.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Can someone help in identifying this water plant<\/span>, please.<\/div>\n
Found in Thailand and Maldives.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Echinodorus palifolius<\/i> (Nees & Mart.) J.F.Macbr.\u00a0??<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Echinodorus palifolius<\/i> is right. Thank you very much\u00a0…<\/p>\n

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Echinodorus palifolius :: TMC Biodiversity Park :: 15 APR 18<\/a> : 2 posts by 2 authors. 5 images.
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Date: April 15, 2018 … Altitude: about 15 m (50 feet) asl
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\nAquarius palifolius (Nees & Mart.) Christenh. & Byng<\/a>: 4 high res. images.<\/p>\n
Aquarius palifolius<\/em><\/strong> (Nees & Mart.) Christenh. & Byng
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Photographed from Platae Paradise,<\/span> Datyar, Himachal Pradesh, 29-5-2015.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Requesting ID of this plant with white flowers – Mumbai :28062013 : ARK-01<\/a> : Attachments (9). 5 posts by 4 authors.
\nRequesting to please ID this <\/span>plant with white flowers<\/span> captured in a cultivated garde<\/span>n<\/span> in Mumbai in June 2013.<\/span> The plant was a water plant.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Alisma <\/i>species, more possibly A. plantago-aquatica<\/i>.<\/p>\n

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To me the white flowers look like Echinodarus palaefolius<\/i>, Mexican Sword Plant.
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Does<\/span> not look like Alisma plantago-aquatica<\/i><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Ottelia<\/span><\/i>\u00a0alismoides<\/i>\u00a0(L.) Pers.<\/p>\n

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It is correctly placed, but the species look different from the two in our database at\u00a0Echinodorus<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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The leaves in the pics do not resemble those of Ottelia alismoides<\/em>.
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\nI would like to point out that there is variation in size and shape of the leaves of the plant (Echinodorus palifolius<\/i>)<\/span>
\nI have observed in private garden in Bengaluru. Some leaves are broad and some are long. Please see the photo attached.<\/p>\n
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Yes, …, images like yours belong to Echinodorus palifolius<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n
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References:<\/span><\/p>\n

The Plant List<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 <\/span>GRIN<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Dinesh Valke\u2019s Flickr Post<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 <\/span>Flowers of India<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span> <\/span>Dave’s Garden<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 <\/span>India Biodiversity Portal<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Echinodorus palaefolius var. latifolius<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 <\/span>Sword (Echinodorus palaefolius var. latifolius )<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 <\/span>echinodorus palaefolius – Flickr: Search<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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