Distribution of Aquatic Macrophytes in Balasore District, Odisha - Aquatic Ecosystem: Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation - page 6

Table 1.1 (continued)

Sl. no. Botanical name Family Habitat Habit Distribution Locality

Eleocharis acutangula (Roxb.)
Schult. 49. Cyperaceae Marshy areas in grasslands Herb Pantropical Balramgadi

Eleocharis dulcis (Burm. f.) Trimen
ex Hensch. 50. Cyperaceae Marshy areas and mangroves Herb Paleotropics Balramgadi

Eleocharis spiralis (Rottb.) Roem.
& Schult.

Wet areas in grasslands and
mangroves 51. Cyperaceae Herb Paleotropics Naupalgadi

Eragrostis unioloides (Retz.) Nees
ex Steud.

Streams, banks of backwaters,
and waste places

Southeast Asia, India, and
Africa 52. Poaceae Herb Naupalgadi

Banks of backwaters and
mangrove forests

Indo-Malesia to Australia
and Pacifi c islands 53. Excoecaria agallocha L. Euphorbiaceae Tree Balramgadi

Wet or moist sandy grounds,
grasslands and in rice fi elds 54. Fimbristylis argentea (Rottb.) Vahl Cyperaceae Herb South and Southeast Asia Balramgadi

55. Floscopa scandens Lour. Commelinaceae Marshy areas Herb Indo-Malesia Kuldiha

Marshy areas in grasslands and
paddy fi elds 56. Fuirena ciliaris (L.) Roxb. Cyperaceae Herb Pantropical Balramgadi

Open areas, lakeshores, and
stream banks 57. Glinus oppositifolius (L.) A. DC. Molluginaceae Herb Pantropical Balramgadi

Along lakeshores and paddy
fi elds during summer 58. Heliotropium indicum L. Boraginaceae Herb Pantropical Balramgadi

59. Hydrilla verticillata (L.f.) Royle Hydrocharitaceae Stagnant ponds Herb Asia, Europe, and Africa Balramgadi

Wet sandy areas near water
bodies 60. Hydrolea zeylanica (L.) Vahl Hydrophyllaceae Herb Pantropical Karanja

Hygrophila schulli (Buch.-Ham.)
M. R. & S. M. Almeida

Paddy fi elds and other moist
localities

India, Myanmar, and
Indo-China 61. Acanthaceae Herb Balramgadi

62. Ipomoea aquatica Forssk. Convolvulaceae Ponds and lakes Herb Pantropics Balramgadi

In marshy areas along the banks
of streams and paddy fi elds, also
grown as hedge plant

Ipomoea carnea Jack. ssp. fi stulosa
(Mart. ex Choisy) Austin

Native of America, now
Pantropical 63. Convolvulaceae Shrub Panchalingeswar

64. Isachne globosa (Thunb.) O. Ktze. Poaceae Wetlands Herb Tropical Asia Balramgadi

Marshy fi elds, wetlands, along
the streams, and paddy fi elds

India, China and Southeast
Asia 65. Isachne miliacea Roth Poaceae Herb

America, Australia, and
Southeast Asia 66. Ischaemum indicum (Houtt.) Merr. Poaceae Moist areas Herb Balramgadi

67. Kandelia candel (L.) Druce Rhizophoraceae Mangrove swamps Tree Indo-Melasia and China