Common name
English: Yellow Velvetleaf
Mandarin: 黄花蔺 (huang hua lin)
Portuguese: Mureré
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2659)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)
Class: Liliopsida (392)
Order: Alismatales (9)
Family: Alismataceae (4)(family description)
Genus: Limnocharis (1)
Epithet: flava (L.) Buchenau (3)
Synonyms: Alisma flavum L., Damasonium flavum (L.) Mill., Limnocharis emarginata Humb. & Bonpl., Limnocharis plumieri Rich.
emarginata => with notched margin
flava => pure yellow
flavum => pure yellow
plumieri => in honor of Charles Plumier (1646-1704), French botanist
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habitat: hydrophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: yellow
External links
Check for Limnocharis flava at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [292] Limnocharis flava: species information from the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER) - Focuses on Limnocharis flava as a threat to Pacific ecosystems
- [1540] Limnocharis flava - Flora of China @ efloras.org