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Also known as: Adenosma polysperma, Hemiadelphis polysperma, Hemiadelphis polysperma joshiana, Hemiadelphis polyspermus joshianus, Hemigraphis tonkinensis, Hygrophila polysperma albiflora, Justicia polysperma, Ruellia polysperma, Ruellia uliginosa
Germany
Species profile
- Accepted name
- Hygrophila polysperma (Roxb.) T.Anderson Species
- Common names
- Dwarf Hygrophila, Dwarf Hygro, East Indian swampweed, hygrophila, Indian swampweed, Indian Waterweed, Miramar Weed
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Division
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Lamiales
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Hygrophila
- Habitat
- Freshwater, terrestrial, Freshwater; Freshwater-terrestrial, terrestial
- IUCN Red List
- Least concern
- Distribution
- North America; Germany [I]; Hungary [I]; +Afghanistan; China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan); Pakistan (Sind, Waziristan, Pakistani Punjab); Nepal; Bhutan; India (throughout); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Myanmar (Mon); Laos; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (Melaka); USA [I] (Florida [I], Texas [I], Virginia [I]); Afghanistan; Alabama; Assam
- Basionym
- Justicia polysperma Roxb.
- Published in
- Anderson, T. (1867). In: J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9: 456.
Media and observations
Oekologische Zeigerwerte nach Landolt & al. (2010) Bodenfaktoren Klimafaktoren Salztoleranz Feuchtezahl F -- Lichtzahl L -- Salzzeichen -- Reaktionszahl R -- Temperaturzahl T -- Naehrstoffzahl N -- Kontinentalitaetszahl K -- (Info Flora Schweiz - Acanthaceae)
Status Indigenat: Neophyt: nach der Entdeckung von Amerika in der Region aufgetreten (nach 1500) Liste der gefaehrdeten Pflanzen IUCN (nach Walter & Gillett 1997): Nein (Info Flora Schweiz - Acanthaceae)
GBIF Secretariat (2023). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-10-05. Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/5415355 https://www.gbif.org/species/5415355 · Last updated Oct 5, 2026, 3:31 AM