| Accepted name: |
Alisma triviale Pursh |
| Synonym(s): |
-Alisma brevipes Greene
-Alisma plantago-aquatica ssp. brevipes (Greene) Samuelsson
-Alisma plantago-aquatica var. brevipes (Greene) Victorin
-Alisma plantago-aquatica var. americanum J.A. Schultes
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Alismatales
Family: Alismataceae
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| OPL Code: |
HALITR
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Acts as tonic, stimulant, laxative, antiscorbutic and diuretic and is also used for cancer therapy. The plants are eaten by domestic animals and are used as fodder plants in Australia(1). |
| Key Characters: |
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