| Accepted name: |
Nymphoides cordata (Elliott) Fern. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Limnanthemum lacunosum Griseb.
-Villarsia cordata Elliott
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| English names: |
Floating-heart
Eight-angled Floating-heart
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| French names: |
Faux-nymphéa à feuilles cordées
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Solanales
Family: Menyanthaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HNYMCO
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2.4 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Plant used for turtle sickness: trembling, short breath and cough. Complex infusion of roots taken for chronic conditions(*48)(3). |
| Key Characters: |
- |
