Echinodorus palifolius

Mexican Sword-Plant

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	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

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 Bahio), Peru, Uruguay, and Mexico (Nayarit).^[1]^[2]^[3] It has been introduced in many countries including Bangladesh and India.

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

Gallery

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

References

1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
↑ Macbride, J. F. 1936. Alismaceae, Flora of Peru. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 13(1/1): 91–94.
↑ Macbride, James Francis. 1931. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 11(1): 4.

External links

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.
Encyclopedia of Life
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