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Accession Data:

Nymphoides indica (L.) Kuntze

  • Common Name: Water Snowflake
  • Family: Menyanthaceae Dumort.

  • Country of Origin: tropical areas worldwide
  • Habitat: shallow water in permanent or seasonal pools and slow-flowing rivers

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200300339
  • Source: Nicholas Tippery
  • Provenance:
    NT004
    
  • Accession Date: 11-03-2003
  • Bench: 2317 - Sm Aquatic Tanks
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 12-09-2024
  • Restrictions:

    Classification:

    • Division: Magnoliophyta
    • Class: Magnoliopsida
    • SubClass: euasterid II
    • Order: Asterales
    • SubOrder:
    • Family: Menyanthaceae
    • SubFamily:
    • Tribe:
    • SubTribe:

    Flowering Data:

    This accession has been observed in bloom on:
    YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
    2024
    2023
    2022
    2021
    2020
    2019
    2018
    2017
    2016
    2015
    2014
    2013

    References (internal):

    • Aquatic Plants
    • Benthophyte
    • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Gambia, The / Ghana / Guinea-Bissau / Guinea / Ivory Coast / Mali / Nigeria / Senegal / Sierra Leone / Ethiopia / Tanzania / Uganda / Malawi / Mozambique / Zambia / Zimbabwe / Botswana / Namibia / KwaZulu-Natal / Swaziland / Northern Provinces / Madagascar / China South-Central / Hainan / Manchuria / China Southeast / Japan / Korea / Taiwan / India / Nepal / Sri Lanka / Cambodia / Myanmar / Vietnam / Borneo / Jawa / Lesser Sunda Is. / Malaya / Sulawesi / Sumatera / New South Wales / Northern Territory / Queensland / Western Australia / Mexico Gulf / Mexico Southwest / Mexico Southeast / Belize / Costa Rica / El Salvador / Guatemala / Honduras / Nicaragua / Panama / Cayman Is. / Cuba / Dominican Republic / Haiti / Jamaica / Puerto Rico / French Guiana / Guyana / Suriname / Venezuela / Bolivia / Ecuador / Brazil South / Argentina Northeast / Argentina Northwest / Paraguay / Uruguay

    References (external):

    1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Monday, July 16, 2018.
    2. Nymphoides indica at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Monday, July 16, 2018.
    3. Nymphoides indica at IUCN Redlist. Last accessed on Monday, July 16, 2018.

    data regenerated on Mon, 09 Dec 2024 15:15:02 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

    Images:

    Nymphoides indica

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    Current Accessions in the Menyanthaceae

    • Menyanthes trifoliata W/C
    • Nymphoides indica
    • Ornduffia reniformis
    W/C = Wild Collected
    = indicates flowering in past 14 days
    = images available for this accession
    = map available for this accession
    = accession added within past 90 days
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