Aponogeton natans

{{Short description|Species of aquatic plant}}

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|image = Aponogeton_natans_Karnataka,_India_26_Nov._2007.jpg

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|status = LC

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Gupta, A.K. |date=2011 |title=Aponogeton natans |volume=2011 |page=e.T168889A6546113 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T168889A6546113.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

|genus = Aponogeton

|species = natans

|authority = (L.) Engl. & K.Krause{{WCSP | accessdate = 5 August 2019}}

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| Saururus natans | L.

| Aponogeton monostachyon | L.f.

| Spathium monostachyum | (L.f.) Edgew.

| Aponogeton lineare | Vahl

| Potamogeton indicus | Roth ex Roem. & Schult.

| Aponogeton flavidum | Ham. ex Hook.f.

| Aponogeton lucens | Hook.f.

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Aponogeton natans is a species of aquatic plant in the family Aponogetonaceae.

Description

Aponogeton natans grows as a submerged aquatic plant.{{Cn|date=May 2021}}

Distribution and habitat

Aponogeton natans is native to India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Myanmar.Cook, CDK (1996) Aquatic and Wetland Plants of India: A reference Book and Identification Manual for the Vascular Plants Found in Permanent or Seasonal Fresh water in the Subcontinent of India South of the Himalayas. Oxford University Press, New York, NY. 385 pp. It grows in wetlands and rice fields.

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