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Sphenoclea zeylanica
Family Name Sphenocleaceae
Currently Accepted Name Sphenoclea zeylanica Gaertn.
Locality USA. Florida , Polk Co. : London Creek, N end of Lake Hatchineha. T28S, R29E, Secs. 6, 7. 29° 45' 23" N 81° 18' 47" W
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector C. MacGregor
Collection Date Oct 2000
Accession Number 226581
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Sphenoclea zeylanica
Family Name Sphenocleaceae
Currently Accepted Name Sphenoclea zeylanica Gaertn.
Locality USA. Florida , Manatee Co. : N bank of Frog Creek, E of Bishop's Harbor Road, NW of Rubonia. 27° 34' 0" N 82° 32' 60" W
Description Herb to 6 ft; flowers white.
Habitat Wet, rich soil.
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector A.G. Shuey
Collection Date 07 Nov 1974
Accession Number 116306
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Sphenoclea zeylanica
Family Name Sphenocleaceae
Currently Accepted Name Sphenoclea zeylanica Gaertn.
Locality Dominican Republic. El Seibo Prov. N of Parada Los Guineos (38 km E of Miches) at the S part of Laguna El Limon where boats dock. 18° 57' 60" N 68° 50' 60" W
Description Ca. 2 m tall; flowers whitish.
Habitat Wet rice field; lowlands at lake edge, adjacent lowlands planted to rice.
Reproductive State Flower
Elevation 0 to 5 m
Collector T. A. Zanoni
with M. Mejía & C. Ramirez
Collection Date 04 Aug 1981
Accession Number 193400
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Sphenoclea zeylanica
Family Name Sphenocleaceae
Currently Accepted Name Sphenoclea zeylanica Gaertn.
Locality Dominican Republic. Samaná Prov. En el ferrocaril de Sánchez-La Vega; de la ciudad de Sánchez 2 ó 3 km oeste de la ciudad en el poblado de Los Mangos. 19° 14' 0" N 69° 38' 0" W
Description Hierba hasta 1.5 m de alto; corola blanca; orilla del campo de arroz.
Habitat Zona urbana y rural con pastizales y campos de arroz.
Reproductive State Flower
Elevation 0 to 5 m
Collector T. A. Zanoni
with M. Mejía & J. Perez M.
Collection Date 07 Dec 1982
Accession Number 193340
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Sphenoclea zeylanica
Family Name Campanulaceae
Currently Accepted Name Sphenoclea zeylanica Gaertn.
Locality Taiwan. Between Shu-lin to Chu-shan-yuan, Taipei Hsien. 22° 50' 21" N 121° 11' 16" E
Habitat Pondy fields.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector C. C. Cuang
Collection Date 18 Dec 1964
Accession Number 110012
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Sphenoclea zeylanica
Family Name Campanulaceae
Currently Accepted Name Sphenoclea zeylanica Gaertn.
Locality Thailand. 30 km N of Bangkok. 13° 45' 11" N 100° 30' 4" E
Reproductive State
Collector T. J. Sørensen
Collection Date 24 Mar 1958
Accession Number 64606
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Sphenoclea zeylanica
Family Name Sphenocleaceae
Currently Accepted Name Sphenoclea zeylanica L.
Locality Bolivia. Depto. Beni, Prov. Vaca Diez, at Cachuela Esperanxa, along the Rio Beni; Precambrian Brazilian Shield. 10° 31' 60" S 65° 34' 60" W
Description Herbs; corolla white.
Habitat On silt and sand among granite boulders of the rapids, the westernmost extension along the river.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector M. Nee
Collection Date 11 Sep 1985
Accession Number 190175
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Sphenoclea zeylanica
Family Name Sphenocleaceae
Currently Accepted Name Sphenoclea zeylanica L.
Locality Suriname. Prins Bernhard - polder (distr. Nickerie). 5° 58' 59" N 57° 0' 0" W
Description Erect stems with hard core and surrounding spongy tissue, green above striate with round angles, below striate with transverse septa,; spikes pale green; flowers white.
Habitat Heavy clay; in the water.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector J. C. Lindeman
Collection Date 14 Aug 1961
Accession Number 84703
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Sphenoclea zeylanica
Family Name Sphenocleaceae
Currently Accepted Name Sphenoclea zeylanica L.
Locality Venezuela. Guarico; Distrito Miranda; on highway 2 spring dam below, ca. 3 km N of Calabozo. 8° 58' 0" N 67° 28' 0" W
Description Abundant; 1 m tall.
Habitat In shallow water.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector L. J. Davenport
Collection Date 09 Mar 1980
Accession Number 152025
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Sphenoclea zeylanica
Family Name Sphenocleaceae
Currently Accepted Name Sphenoclea zeylanica L. - Determined By: S. R. Hill, Sep 1995
Locality Guyana. Region 5 Mahaica-Berbice District: Champagne; 3 km S of coastal highway, between Mahhaicony and Abary Rivers. 6° 30' 0" N 57° 50' 0" W
Description Flowers white, fruit green; aerenchyma at stem base; occasional weed.
Habitat Bank alongside rice fields.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector S. R. Hill
with C. N. Horn, D. Gopaul
Collection Date 15 Aug 1995
Accession Number 215454
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Sphenoclea zeylanica
Family Name Sphenocleaceae
Currently Accepted Name Sphenoclea zeylanica L. - Determined By: N. A. Harriman, 29-Mar-1997
Locality Peru. Pucallpa, on Rio Ucayali, Prov. de Coronel Portillo. 80° 26' 0" S 74° 35' 60" W
Description Succulent-stemmed herb, weak, branched, somewhat glaucous; flowers white, corolla gamopetalous, very quickly caducous.
Habitat In mud and water of swampy stream.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector F. R. Fosberg
Collection Date 30 Oct 1947
Accession Number 223821
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Sphenoclea zeylanica
Family Name Sphenocleaceae
Currently Accepted Name Sphenoclea zeylanica L.
Locality Ecuador. Between Rio Daule and the highway. 0° 24' 22" N 80° 0' 43" W
Description Aquatic herb to 70 cm tall; flowers white.
Habitat Marshy area.
Reproductive State Flower
Elevation 20 to 200 m
Collector C. H. Dodson
with P. M. Dodson
Collection Date 25 Oct 1981
Accession Number 179813
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Sphenoclea zeylanica
Family Name Sphenocleaceae
Currently Accepted Name Sphenoclea zeylanica Gaertn. - Determined By: Morin, 1993
Determination History
Sphenoclea zeylanica Gaertn.
Sphenoclea zeylanica Gaertn. - Determined By: Wilbur, 1969
Locality USA. South Carolina , Jasper Co. : Savannah River Wildlife Refuge; 1.3 mi. W of Junction US 17 and 17A and N on Levee.
Habitat Weed in rice field.
Reproductive State Fertile Flower
Collector H. E. Ahles
with C.R. Bell
Collection Date 08 Sep 1956
Accession Number 14274
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Sphenoclea zeylanica
Family Name Sphenocleaceae
Currently Accepted Name Sphenoclea zeylanica Gaertn. - Determined By: Morin, 1993
Determination History
Sphenoclea zeylanica Gaertn.
Locality USA. Arkansas , Craighead Co. : Post Office: Otwell.
Habitat Shallow water in a low area.
Reproductive State Fertile Flower
Elevation 250 to ft
Collector D. Demaree
Collection Date 01 Nov 1951
Accession Number 42128
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Sphenoclea zeylanica
Family Name Sphenocleaceae
Currently Accepted Name Sphenoclea zeylanica Gaertn.
Locality usa. Louisiana , Ouachita Par. : Along US 165; 7 mi. N of Monroe adjoining rice/cotton field. T19N, R4E, Sec. 21.
Habitat Wet ditch.
Reproductive State Fertile Flower
Collector D. D. Taylor
with R.D. Thomas, Aquatic Plants Class
Collection Date 02 Aug 1983
Accession Number 217670
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Sphenoclea zeylanica
Family Name Sphenocleaceae
Currently Accepted Name Sphenoclea zeylanica Gaertn. - Determined By: Morin, 1993
Determination History
Sphenoclea zeylanica Gaertn.
Locality USA. Mississippi , Jackson Co. : Vicinity of Fitzgerald Camp at Johns Bayou; along Bluff Creek.
Description Infrequent.
Reproductive State Fertile Flower
Collector K. E. Rogers
Collection Date 16 Sep 1972
Accession Number 107003
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Sphenoclea zeylanica
Family Name Sphenocleaceae
Currently Accepted Name Sphenoclea zeylanica Gaertn.
Locality USA. South Carolina , Jasper Co. : Along the Savannah River; 0.6 mi. due W of junction of SC 119 and lower portion of secondary road 27-119.
Description Stem hollow, up to 1 m tall, corolla white.
Habitat Growing with Spilanthes and Micranthemum; in rich alluvial soil.
Reproductive State Fertile Flower
Collector C. A. Aulbach-Smith
with B. Kowalczyk
Collection Date 29 Oct 1980
Accession Number 183598
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Sphenoclea zeylanica
Family Name Sphenocleaceae
Currently Accepted Name Sphenoclea zeylanica Gaertn.
Locality USA. Georgia , Oglethorpe Co. : Off Sandy Cross Road at McCannon Well Drillers.
Description Plants 6 ft. tall; bases with air tissue; abbundant; apparent state record.
Habitat Weed cultivation of water chestnuts; in ponds.
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector S. B. Jones
with T. Ateyo
Collection Date 02 Sep 1981
Accession Number 197623
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