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Scientific Name: Ludwigia adscendens
English Name: Water primrose
Local/Bangla Name: Keshoredam (কেশোরদাম)
Photo: Clare Mateke (iNaturalist)
Classification:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Myrtales
Family: Onagraceae
Description:
This plant species is characterized as aquatic or wetland herbs, often annuals, with a rooting pattern occurring at the nodes. Notably, it features distinctive white, upright, spindle-shaped pneumatophores that cluster at the nodes of the floating stem. Its leaves are simple, alternate, broadly oblong-elliptic in shape, with smooth surfaces and prominent main veins. The flowers are white and typically appear singly in the axils or at the ends of branches.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
It occurs in marshy stagnant ditches, ponds, and rice fields, and it is widely distributed 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
Other Information
