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  1. Family: Plantaginaceae Juss.
    1. Genus: Limnophila R.Br.

      1. Limnophila aromatica (Lam.) Merr.

        This species is accepted, and its native range is Tropical & Subtropical Asia to N. & NE. Australia.

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    Distribution

    Native to:

    Bangladesh, Cambodia, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Jawa, Korea, Laos, Malaya, New Guinea, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Vietnam, Western Australia

    Introduced into:

    New Caledonia

    Synonyms

    Other Data

    Limnophila aromatica (Lam.) Merr. appears in other Kew resources:

    Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
    Oct 1, 2003 My Link Bui, Vietnam K000183680
    Aug 28, 2003 Rees [281], Papua New Guinea K000183485
    Jan 1, 1967 Loher, A. [4351], Philippines K000618678
    Jan 1, 1967 Cuming, H. [1461], Philippines K000618677 syntype
    Jan 1, 1967 Cuming, H. [1216], Philippines K000618679
    Jan 1, 1967 Spanoghe, J.B. [s.n.], Jawa K000899672 syntype
    Jan 1, 1967 Spanoghe, J.B. [s.n.], Jawa K000899673 syntype
    Jan 1, 1967 Walker [114], Sri Lanka K000899667 syntype
    Maingay, A. C. [3077], Indonesia Limnophila punctata K000662112
    Millet [s.n.], Indonesia Limnophila punctata K000662111
    s.coll. [Cat. no. 3906], India Limnophila gratissima K001117577
    s.coll. [Cat. no. 3906] Limnophila gratissima K001117578

    Bibliography

    First published in Interpr. Herb. Amboin.: 466 (1917)

    Accepted by

    • Z.Wu & P.H.Raven (eds.) (1998). Flora of China 18: 1-449. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

    Not accepted by

    • Dy Phon, P. (2000). Dictionnaire des plantes utilisées au Cambodge: 1-915. chez l'auteur, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. [Cited as Limnophila chinensis subsp. aromatica.]

    Literature

    Kew Backbone Distributions

    • Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (2014-continuously updated). Atlas of Living Australia http://www.ala.org.au/.
    • Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
    • Mostaph, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
    • Newman, M., Ketphanh, S., Svengsuksa, B., Thomas, P., Sengdala, K., Lamxay, V. & Armstrong, K. (2007). A checklist of the vascular plants of Lao PDR: 1-394. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
    • Lê, T.C. (2005). Danh l?c các loài th?c v?t Vi?t Nam 3: 1-1248. Hà N?i : Nhà xu?t b?n Nông nghi?p.
    • Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G. (2001). Flora of Bhutan 2: 1-1675. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
    • Dy Phon, P. (2000). Dictionnaire des plantes utilisées au Cambodge: 1-915. chez l'auteur, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
    • Z.Wu & P.H.Raven (eds.) (1998). Flora of China 18: 1-449. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
    • Turner, I.M. (1995 publ. 1997). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(2): 347-655.
    • MacKee, H.S. (1994). Catalogue des plantes introduites et cultivées en Nouvelle-Calédonie, ed. 2: 1-164. Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris.
    • Dassanayake (ed.) (1981). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 3: 1-499. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.

    Sources

    Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
    'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    Kew Backbone Distributions
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2020. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

    Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2020. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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