Distribution of Aquatic Macrophytes in Balasore District, Odisha - Aquatic Ecosystem: Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation - page 8

Table 1.1 (continued)

Sl. no. Botanical name Family Habitat Habit Distribution Locality

Continental Asia, Malesia,
and Australia 87. Ludwigia adscendens (L.) H. Hara Onagraceae Ponds and ditches Herb Kuldiha

Ludwigia hyssopifolia (G. Don)
Exell 88. Onagraceae Marshy places Herb Pantropical Kuldiha

Ludwigia octovalvis (Jacq.)
P.H. Raven 89. Onagraceae Marshy places Herb Pantropical Kuldiha

Tropical Africa, Asia, and
Australia 90. Ludwigia perennis L. Onagraceae Waterlogged areas in grasslands Herb Chandipur

Originally from America,
now naturalized
throughout the Old World 91. Ludwigia peruviana (L.) H. Hara Onagraceae Marshy areas Shrub Panchalingeswar

92. Marsilea polycarpa Hook. & Grev. Marsileaceae Pools and streams Herb Pantropical Chandipur

Monochoria vaginalis (Burm. f.)
Presl

India to China, Malesia,
and Japan 93. Pontederiaceae Paddy fi elds and wet lowlands Herb Chandipur

94. Najas graminea Del. Najadaceae Pools and streams Herb Pantropical Chandipur

95. Najas indica (Willd.) Cham. Najadaceae Streams, ditches, and ponds Herb Tropical Asia and Africa Chandipur

Freshwater ponds and lakes,
also grown as an ornamental
plant

South and East Asia to far
eastern Russia and to
Australia 96. Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn. Nelumbonaceae Herb Balramgadi

Indo-Malesia and tropical
Africa 97. Nymphaea nouchali Burm. f. Nymphaeaceae Ponds and pools in plains Herb Balramgadi

Freshwater pools, lakes, and
fl ooded paddy fi elds 98. Nymphaea pubescens Willd. Nymphaeaceae Herb Indo-Malesia Naupalgadi

99. Nymphaea rubra Roxb. ex Salisb. Nymphaeaceae Ponds Herb Native of Europe Naupalgadi

Nymphoides hydrophylla (Lour.)
O. Ktze

Indo-Malesia and South
China 100. Menyanthaceae Ditches and ponds Herb Jaleswar

India, Sri Lanka, and
tropical Australia 101. Oryza rufi pogon Griff. Poaceae Marshy grasslands Herb Balramgadi

102. Oryza sativa L. Poaceae Cultivated Herb Widely cultivated Balramgadi

Indo-Malesia to Pacifi c
Islands and East Asia 103. Ottelia alismoides (L.) Pers. Hydrocharitaceae Ponds and streams Herb Naupalgadi

Tropical and subtropical
Asia 104. Pandanus fascicularis Lam. Pandanaceae Mangrove forests and sea coasts Shrub Naupalgadi

Wetlands, marshy areas of Tropics and subtropics of

both hemispheres