Asteraceae
Enydra

Enydra fluctuans Lour.

First published in Fl. Cochinch. 2: 511 (1790)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical Old World. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina, Cambodia, China South-Central, Congo, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Ivory Coast, Jawa, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Malaya, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nigeria, Philippines, Senegal, Sudan, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Bolivia, Brazil South, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico Southeast, Northern Territory, Paraguay, Peru, Queensland, Uruguay

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Beentje, H.J. (2021). Flore du Gabon 56: 1-148. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • Ghafoor, A. & al. (2021). Flora of Pakistan 224: 1-310. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Kiew, R. & al. (eds.) (2021). Malayan Forest Records 49: 1-403.
  • Koyama, H., Bunwong, S., Pornpongrungrueng, P. & Hind, D.J.N. (2016). Flora of Thailand 13(2): 143-428. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • Turner, I.M. (1995). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(1): 1-346.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Berhaut Fl. Sén. 73, 89, 92.
  • F.T.A. 3: 372
  • Fl. Cochinch. 511 (1790)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Beentje, H.J. (2021). Flore du Gabon 56: 1-148. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Agnew, A.D.Q. & Agnew, S., Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, ed. 2: 215 (1994).
  • C.D. Adams in Flora of West Tropical Africa ed. 2, 2: 242 (1963).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 28 (1956).
  • Lisowski, Asterac. Fl. Afr. Centr. 1: 176 (1991).
  • Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 2: 625 (1793).
  • Maquet in Fl. Rwanda 3: 622, fig. 191/4 (1985).
  • Oliv. & Hiern, Flora of Tropical Africa 3: 372 (1877), as ‘ Enhydra ’.
  • Wild in Kirkia 6: 35 (1967).

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • PROTA (2021). Plants Resources of Tropical Africa. https://prota4u.org/database/
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 1, 2012 Gardner, G. [5522] Brazil K000895508 Type Yes
Sep 1, 2012 Gardner, G. [5522] Brazil K000895507 Type Yes
Sep 1, 2012 Traill, J.W.H. [479] K000895509 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ash [1723] Ethiopia K:SPC-35590.000 No
Sita, P. [1746] Congo, Republic of the K001553602 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [5090] Ghana K:SPC-08661.000 No
illegible [3195] India K001065503 Unknown Type Material Yes
Trail, J.W.H. [479] Brazil Enydra anagallis K001107939 Yes
Glaziou, A. [4982] Brazil Enydra anagallis K001107937 Yes
Spruce, R. [3865] Peru Enydra anagallis K001062030 Yes
Preston, T.A. [s.n.] Brazil Enydra anagallis K001107941 Yes
Miers, J. [3939] Brazil Enydra anagallis K001107938 Yes
Lüönd, B. [21.12] Brazil Enydra anagallis K001107940 Yes
Spruce, R. [448] Brazil Enydra anagallis K001062031 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3195] India Meyera heloncha K001118765 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3195] Meyera heloncha K001118766 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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    • 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

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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