| Accepted name: |
Alisma plantago-aquatica L. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Alisma parviflorum Pursh
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| English names: |
Common Water-plantain
Western Water-plantain
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| French names: |
Alisma plantain-d'eau
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Alismatales
Family: Alismataceae
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| OPL Code: |
HALIPL
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| 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: |
Cultivated for medicinal use in many countries, acts as tonic, stimulant, laxative, antiscorbutic and diuretic and is also used for cancer therapy (1). |
| Key Characters: |
- |
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