Biology:Hygrophila madurensis

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Short description: Species of aquatic plant

Hygrophila madurensis
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Hygrophila
Species:
H. madurensis
Binomial name
Hygrophila madurensis
(N.P.Balakr. & Subram.) Karthik. & Moorthy
Synonyms

Santapaua madurensis N.P.Balakr. & Subram.

Hygrophila madurensis is a critically endangered aquatic plant in the family Acanthaceae. It is endemic to Nallakulam in the Alagar Hills of the Eastern Ghats in Madurai district, Tamil Nadu, India .[1]

Balakrishnan and Subramaniam (in J. Indian Bot. Soc. vol.42 on page 411 in 1964), described the genus Santapaua with only one species, namely S. madurensis.[2] Karthikeyan and Moorthy (Fl. Pl. India: vol.22 in 2009) merged the genus Santapaua with Hygrophila giving this species the name, Hygrophila madurensis.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q17679440 entry