Acanthaceae

Hygrophila R.Br.

First published in Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 479 (1810)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropics & Subtropics.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, French Guiana, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Louisiana, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Mauritania, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Mexico Northeast, New Zealand North, Poland, Samoa, Society Is., South Carolina, Virginia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Benoist in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 60: 330 (1913).
  • —F.T.A. 5: 30

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Heine in Adansonia 11: 656–659 (1971).
  • R. Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 1: 479 (1810).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 23, 2015 David, B., et al. [CL736] Cambodia K000938798 No
Dec 22, 2015 Othman, H. [S 54994] Malaysia K000938969 No
Jul 1, 2011 Nguyen, V., D. et al. [HNK 2112] Vietnam K000734112 No
Jul 1, 2011 Nguyen, V., D. et al. [HNK 1362 (RK 1208)] Vietnam K000734110 No
Jul 1, 2011 Nguyen, V., D. et al. [HNK 1413 (MB 37)] Vietnam K000734111 No
Jan 1, 2008 Vu Xian Phuong et al. [HNK 549] Vietnam K000224750 No
May 11, 1904 Maingay, M.D. [3002] Malaysia K000882574 Unknown Type Material Yes
Merrill, E.D. [1785] Philippines K000882549 Unknown Type Material Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [21115] Panama K001567306 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [21115] Panama K001567307 Yes
Symoens, J.-J. [13640] Congo, Republic of the K001634242 Yes
Nguyen, T.M.H.; O'Donnell, S.A. [NTMH 0022] Vietnam K001765177 Yes
Wright [3056] Cuba K000534067 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ridley, H.N. [s.n.] Indonesia K000882571 Unknown Type Material Yes
K:SPC-25365.000 No
Wight, R. [2176] K000882372 Unknown Type Material Yes
Poeppig [s.n.] Cuba K000534066 Unknown Type Material Yes
Heyne, B. [2380] K000882371 Unknown Type Material Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [10904] Tanzania K:SPC-02846.000 No
Manders, N. [s.n.] K000882358 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wight, R. [2175] India K000882373 Unknown Type Material Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [28122] Nigeria Asteracantha K:SPC-17148.000 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] Bangladesh Cardanthera K001132507 Unknown Type Material Yes
Morton, J.K. [G.C. 9846] Ghana Synnema K:SPC-04295.000 Isotype No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0