Enydra (plant)

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Enydra is a genus of flowering plants in the Asteraceae, or daisy, family.[1][2] They are native to the Asian, African and American Tropics and Sub-Tropics.

Species[3]
  • Enydra fluctuans Lour. – Asian and African Subtropics & Tropics, naturalised extensively American Tropics
  • Enydra integrifolia Gardner – Venezuela
  • Enydra radicans (Willd.) Lack – Ethiopia, W. Tropical Africa, Peru, Brazil (Ceará, Pernambuco, Bahia)
  • Enydra sessilifolia (Ruiz & Pav.) Cabrera – Peru to Ecuador, Galápagos, Mexico (Tabasco)
  • Enydra sessilis DC. – Argentina (Corrientes) to Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul), Caribbean, introduced to Madagascar

References
  1. Loureiro, João de. 1790. Flora Cochinchinensis 2: 510–511 in Latin
  2. Tropicos, Enydra Lour.
  3. "Enydra Lour". Plants of the World Online (POWO). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 5 February 2021.


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