Limnocharis flava

TaxID: 55477

Basic Information

Limnocharis flava

Yellow Velvetleaf, sawah-lettuce

Limnocharis flava (commonly known as yellow velvetleaf, sawah flower rush, sawah lettuce) is a species of aquatic flowering plant which is native to Mexico, Central America, South America, Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic but widely naturalized in southern and southeastern Asia: India, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and southern China (Guangdong, Yunnan). Limnocharis flava is roughly 50 centimetres (20 in) tall growing in clumps. Its triangular-shaped leaves and hollow stems are glabrous. Its inflorescences have a very characteristic shape, producing three-lobed yellow flowers about 1.5 cm in diameter. The fruits are spherical. Although it is not a floating plant, its seeds are carried away by currents. Yellow velvetleaf grows generally wherever there is not very deep stagnant fresh water, in swampy areas. It sometimes invades rice fields where it can become a weed. As an invasive species it has become a pest in some wetlands in other parts of the world.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Alismatales

Alismataceae

Limnocharis

flava

nan

Photos (5 photos)

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(c) Nelson Wisnik@BY-NC
Limnocharis flava
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(c) Deepa Padmini@BY-NC
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(c) kanapol99@BY-NC
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(c) unknown@CC0
Limnocharis flava
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(c) portioid@BY

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 (2 records)

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

Country Status Year Added
Papua New Guinea Present —
Timor-Leste Quarantine pests —

Distribution (35 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
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Absent
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Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Argentina Present —
Australia Present —
Bangladesh Present —
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Present —
Brazil Present —
Brunei Darussalam Present —
Cambodia Present —
China Present —
Côte d'Ivoire Present —
Colombia Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from 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
SRR18139176 Leaf not collected - 21823793 China: Yuanwaiyuan, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Wuhan

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

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