Echinodorus palifolius

Echinodorus palifolius, also known as Mexican sword plant is an emerged aquatic plant in the Alismataceae. It has a rather odd, discontinuous range, native to Brazil (Minas Gerais and Bahia), Peru, Uruguay, and Mexico (Nayarit).[1][2][3] It has been introduced in many countries including Bangladesh and India.

Echinodorus palifolius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Alismataceae
Genus: Echinodorus
Species:
E. palifolius
Binomial name
Echinodorus palifolius
(Nees & Mart.) J.F.Macbr.
Synonyms[1]
  • Sagittaria palifolia Nees & Mart
  • Alisma palifolium (Nees & Mart.) Kunth
  • Alisma ellipticum Mart. ex Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes
  • Alisma virgata Hook. & Arn.
  • Alisma nathpurense Steud.
  • Alisma ellipticum var. minus Seub. in C.F.P.von Martius
  • Echinodorus ellipticus (Mart. ex Schult.f.) Micheli in A.L.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle
  • Echinodorus ellipticus var. latifolius Micheli in A.L.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle
  • Echinodorus ellipticus var. minus (Seub.) Micheli in A.L.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle
  • Echinodorus virgatus (Hook. & Arn.) Micheli in A.L.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle
  • Sagittaria palifolia var. elliptica (Mart. ex Schult.f.) Kuntze
  • Sagittaria palifolia f. foliosobracteata Kuntze
  • Sagittaria palifolia var. heterophylla Kuntze
  • Sagittaria palifolia var. undulata Kuntze
  • Echinodorus palifolius var. latifolius (Micheli) Rataj
  • Echinodorus palifolius var. minus (Seub.) Rataj
  • Echinodorus piauhyensis Kasselm

The specific epithet is sometimes spelled "palaefolius." The correct spelling is "palifolius" per ICN 60G.1.

  • Maxican Sword-Plant Flowers in Bangladesh
  • A single flower
  • Mexican sword flower buds

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Macbride, J. F. 1936. Alismaceae, Flora of Peru. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 13(1/1): 91–94.
  3. Macbride, James Francis. 1931. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 11(1): 4.
  • All Things Plant, photo of Mexican sword plant
  • "Mexican Sword-Plant". Flowers of India. flowersofindia.net. Retrieved 2013-10-24.
  • "Echinodorus palaefolius". Flowgrow: Aquatic plants. Flowgrow. Retrieved 2013-10-24.
  • Aquaportail


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