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Butomopsis

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Butomopsis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Alismataceae
Genus: Butomopsis
Kunth
Species:
B. latifolia
Binomial name
Butomopsis latifolia
Synonyms
  • Tenagocharis Hochst.

Butomopsis is a genus of plants in the family Alismataceae. It contains only one species, Butomopsis latifolia.[1][2][3] native to tropical Africa (from Senegal to Sudan to Mozambique), South Asia (India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh), Southeast Asia (Java, Burma, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Yunnan) and northern Australia (Queensland and Northern Territory).

References

  1. ^ Sigismund, Kunth, Karl (1841-01-01). "Enumeratio plantarum omnium hucusque cognitarum". v.3 (1841). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ David, Don; Francis, Hamilton; N., Wallich (1825-01-01). "Prodromus florae Nepalensis". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ Buchenau, Franz Georg Philipp. 1868. Abhandlungen herausgegeben vom Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereine zu Bremen 2: 1& 5, Tenagocharis latifolia