Echinodorus palifolius

Echinodorus palifolius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Alismatales
Family:	Alismataceae
Genus:	Echinodorus
Species:	E. palifolius
Binomial name
	Echinodorus palifolius; (Nees & Mart.) J.F.Macbr.
Synonyms
	Sagittaria palifolia Nees & Mart; Alisma palifolium (Nees & Mart.) Kunth; Alisma ellipticum Mart. ex Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes; Alisma virgata Hook. & Arn.; Alisma nathpurense Steud.; Alisma ellipticum var. minus Seub. in C.F.P.von Martius; Echinodorus ellipticus (Mart. ex Schult.f.) Micheli in A.L.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle; Echinodorus ellipticus var. latifolius Micheli in A.L.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle; Echinodorus ellipticus var. minus (Seub.) Micheli in A.L.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle; Echinodorus virgatus (Hook. & Arn.) Micheli in A.L.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle; Sagittaria palifolia var. elliptica (Mart. ex Schult.f.) Kuntze; Sagittaria palifolia f. foliosobracteata Kuntze; Sagittaria palifolia var. heterophylla Kuntze; Sagittaria palifolia var. undulata Kuntze; Echinodorus palifolius var. latifolius (Micheli) Rataj; Echinodorus palifolius var. minus (Seub.) Rataj; Echinodorus piauhyensis Kasselm;

Echinodorus palifolius, also known as Mexican sword plant is an emerged aquatic plant in the Alismataceae. It has a rather odd, discontinuous range, native to Brazil (Minas Gerais and Bahia), Peru, Uruguay, and Mexico (Nayarit).^[1]^[2]^[3] It has been introduced in many countries including Bangladesh and India.^{[citation needed]}

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The specific epithet is sometimes spelled "palaefolius." The correct spelling is "palifolius" per ICN 60G.1.^{[citation needed]}

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