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Common name

English: Lanceleaf water plantain

German: Lanzettblättriger Froschlöffel

Mandarin: 草泽泻 (cao ze xie)

Portuguese: Orelha-de-mula-lanceolada

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Liliopsida (392)

      Order: Alismatales (9)

        Family: Alismataceae (4)(family description)

          Genus: Alisma (2)

            Epithet: gramineum Lej. (1)

Synonym: Alisma lanceolatum With.

gramineum => grass-like, or relating to grain

lanceolatum => lancet-like in form

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: white

External links

Check for Alisma gramineum at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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