Biology:Ranalisma

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Ranalisma is a genus in the family Alismataceae.[1] It includes two species; one from tropical Africa (R. humile) and the other (R. rostrata) from southeast Asia.[2]

Ranalisma rostrata is a critically endangered marsh species, and is included in the list of China national level I key protection plants. After the introduction of breeding programs in China the population has been increasing.[3]

Species

  • Ranalisma humile (Rich. ex Kunth) Hutch. in J.Hutchinson & J.M.Dalziel - from Senegal to Tanzania, south to Zambia and Angola
  • Ranalisma rostrata Stapf. - China (Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang), Vietnam, Malaysia, India

References

  1. Jackson, Hooker, William; Dalton, Hooker, Joseph (1901-01-01) (in en). Icones plantarum. v.27 (1901). Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, etc.. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16516852#page/129/mode/1up. 
  2. "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew" (in en-GB). https://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=286882. 
  3. SHI, Congguang; LI, Haoming; QIU, Janxi (2021). "Nutritional components of rhizome and leaf of Ranalisma rostratum and its acute oral toxicity". Journal of Zhejiang A&F University 38 (6): 1170-1177. https://doi.org/10.11833/j.issn.2095-0756.20200813. 

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