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Scientific Name: Eichhornia crassipes
Synonym: Pontederia crassipes (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Water hyacinth, Common Water Hyacinth
Local/Bangla Name: Kachuri pana (কচুরিপানা)
Photo: Алексей Лапин (iNaturalist)
Classification:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Commelinales
Family: Pontederiaceae
Description:
This plant is a perennial aquatic herb with long fibrous roots emerging from a short leafy main stem. Its leaves are located at the base with spongy petioles, and their shape is broadly ovate or rhomboid, with a shallowly cordate or rounded base and broadly obtuse apex. The leaves have a waxy, glabrous texture.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
It thrives in stagnant or slow-moving freshwater habitats and can be found throughout Bangladesh.
Environment:
Freshwater.
Comments:
It is a floating aquatic weed.
Other References:
DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
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