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Enydra (plant)

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Enydra
Endyra fluctuans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Neurolaeneae
Genus: Enydra
Lour.
Type species
Enydra fluctuans
Synonyms[1]
  • Cryphiospermum P.Beauv.
  • Hingtsha Roxb.
  • Tetraotis Reinw.

Enydra is a genus of flowering plants in the Asteraceae, or daisy, family.[2][3] They are native to the Asian, African and American Tropics and Sub-Tropics.

Species[1]
  • Enydra fluctuans Lour. – Asian and African Subtropics & Tropics, naturalised extensively American Tropics
  • Enydra integrifolia Gardner – Venezuela
  • Enydra radicans (Willd.) Lack – Ethiopia, W. Tropical Africa, Peru, Brazil (Ceará, Pernambuco, Bahia)
  • Enydra sessilifolia (Ruiz & Pav.) Cabrera – Peru to Ecuador, Galápagos, Mexico (Tabasco)
  • Enydra sessilis DC. – Argentina (Corrientes) to Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul), Caribbean, introduced to Madagascar

References

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  1. ^ a b "Enydra Lour". Plants of the World Online (POWO). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  2. ^ Loureiro, João de. 1790. Flora Cochinchinensis 2: 510–511 in Latin
  3. ^ Tropicos, Enydra Lour.