Hygrophila polysperma: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Lamiales
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Hygrophila
- Species
- Hygrophila polysperma
- Scientific Name
- Hygrophila polysperma
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Hygrophila polysperma
Hygrophila polysperma, commonly known as dwarf hygrophila, dwarf hygro, Miramar weed, Indian swampweed or Indian waterweed, is an aquatic plant in the family Acanthaceae. It is native to Bangladesh, India, China and Malaysia, and has also been introduced to the US states of Florida, Texas and possibly Virginia. It is listed on the Federal Noxious Weed List in the US and is illegal to import and sell in a number of states including Kansas and South Carolina.
...Hygrophila polysperma in languages:
- Chinese
- 小獅子草
- Czech
- mokřanka mnohosemenná
- Dutch
- Belgisch groen
- English
- Indian Swampweed
- English
- Dwarf Hygrophila
- English
- Dwarf Hygro
- English
- Miramar Weed
- English
- Indian Waterweed
- French
- hygrophile indienne
- German
- Indische Wasserfreund
- Hungarian
- indiai vízicsillag
- Japanese
- ヒメタデハグロ
- Lithuanian
- Gausiasėklė vandenikė
- Swedish
- vattenvän
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Hygrophila abyssinica
- Hygrophila acinos
- Hygrophila africana
- Hygrophila albobracteata
- Hygrophila angustifolia
- Hygrophila anomala
- Hygrophila asteracanthoides
- Hygrophila auriculata
- Hygrophila balsamica
- Hygrophila barbata
- Hygrophila baronii
- Hygrophila borellii
- Hygrophila cataractae
- Hygrophila corymbosa
- Hygrophila costata
- Hygrophila difformis
- Hygrophila erecta
- Hygrophila gracillima
- Hygrophila heinei
- Hygrophila hippuroides
- Hygrophila hirsuta
- Hygrophila lacustris
- Hygrophila laevis
- Hygrophila linearis
- Hygrophila madurensis
- Hygrophila mediatrix
- Hygrophila micrantha
- Hygrophila mutica
- Hygrophila odora
- Hygrophila okavangensis
- Hygrophila petiolata
- Hygrophila phlomoides
- Hygrophila pilosa
- Hygrophila pinnatifida
- Hygrophila pobeguinii
- Hygrophila pogonocalyx
- Hygrophila polysperma
- Hygrophila pusilla
- Hygrophila richardsiae
- Hygrophila ringens
- Hygrophila sandwithii
- Hygrophila senegalensis
- Hygrophila serpyllum
- Hygrophila spiciformis
- Hygrophila stocksii
- Hygrophila subsessilis
- Hygrophila surinamensis
- Hygrophila triflora
- Hygrophila tyttha
- Hygrophila uliginosa
- Hygrophila urquiolae
- Hygrophila velata