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Scientific Name: Aponogeton natans
English Name: Drifting sword plant, Sword-leaf Lace Plant
Local/Bangla Name: Not known
Photo: Rajanna (iNaturalist )
Classification:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Alismatales
Family: Aponogetonaceae
Description:
This aquatic herb features an obovoid or elongated stoloniferous rootstock. Its leaves are oblong, linear-oblong, or linear-lanceolate, with an acute or obtuse apex and a rounded base. The inflorescence is a pedunculate spike densely flowered with bisexual yellow flowers. Its fruit is a follicle that is sub-globose with a short terminal beak, and its seeds are ribbed and striate.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
This plant typically inhabits slow-moving watercourses, paddy fields, streams, and ponds. It is widespread throughout Bangladesh.
Environment:
Freshwater.
Comments:
It is a submerged aquatic weed
Other References:
DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
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