Biology:Nechamandra
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Hydrocharitaceae |
| Subfamily: | Hydrilloideae |
| Genus: | Nechamandra Planch. |
| Species: | N. alternifolia
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| Nechamandra alternifolia (Roxb. ex Wight) Thwaites
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Nechamandra is a monotypic genus of an aquatic plant family Hydrocharitaceae.[2] The sole species is Nechamandra alternifolia.[1] It is found in slow moving fresh water.[2]
Distribution and habitat
This is a rare plant in lakes and ponds. It is known from Asian fresh waters of Sudan, Socotra, Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, China, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.[3][4][5]
Chromosome number
Chromosome numbers of 2n = 14 is reported from India[2] and Myanmar.[3]
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew" (in en-GB). http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=308345.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Cook and Luond (1982) A Revision of the genus Nechamandra (Hydrocharitaceae) Aquatic Botany 13: 505-513
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ito, Y., T. Ohi-Toma, Nb. Tanaka, and J. Murata (2009) New or noteworthy plant collections from Myanmar (3) Caldesia parnassifolia, Nechamandra alternifolia, Potamogeton maackianus and P. octandrus. Journal of Japanese Botany 84: 321-329.
- ↑ Ito, Y. (2013) New records of aquatic plants for the flora of Thailand: Nechamandra alternifolia and Potamogeton octandrus. Thai Forest Bulletin 41: 140-144
- ↑ "Tropicos | Name - !Nechamandra Planch.". http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40025701.
Wikidata ☰ Q1103756 entry
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