Sphenoclea zeylanica

TaxID: 28496

Basic Information

Sphenoclea zeylanica

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Sphenoclea zeylanica, called chickenspike, gooseweed, and wedgewort, is a widespread species of flowering plant in the genus Sphenoclea, native to Africa, Madagascar, tropical and subtropical Asia, and Australia. It is widely introduced in the New World tropics and subtopics from the southern United States to northern Argentina. Its young leaves are edible and are occasionally eaten, perhaps with a light boiling. A common weed of rice paddies, it can cause yield losses from 25 to 50%.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Solanales

Sphenocleaceae

Sphenoclea

Sphenoclea zeylanica

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Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (3 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Brazil Absent —
Mexico Quarantine pests —
Nicaragua Absent —

Distribution (0 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR12034780 leaves - - 15720197 Not applicable

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Data source: BOLD.

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