Volume 26, Issue 78, July - December, 2025

Rediscovery and critical notes on the existence of Nymphoides aurantiaca (Menyanthaceae) in Karnataka, India

Shreyas Betageri^1♦, Vaibhavi V Maralihalli¹, Namita Shirakol¹, Priyanka Nateekar¹, Ratna Airsang¹, Jayshree M Kurandawad¹, K Kotresha²

¹J.S.S Banashankari Arts, Commerce and Shantikumar Gubbi Science College, Vidyagiri, Dharwad, Karnataka, India
²Taxonomy and Floristic Laboratory, Department of UG, PG & Research in Botany, Karnatak University, Karnataka Science College, Dharwad-580001, Karnataka, India

^♦Corresponding Author
Dr. Shreyas Betageri, J.S.S Banashankari Arts, Commerce and Shantikumar Gubbi Science College, Vidyagiri, Dharwad, Karnataka, India

ABSTRACT

During an exploration at the Western Ghats of Karnataka was collected an aquatic plant identified as Nymphoides species, after analysis of the plant parts identified as Nymphoides aurantiaca (Dalz.) O. Kuntze, which was rediscovered in the state after many years. This work gives color plate, herbarium, pollen and seed morphometry of the species with associated Nymphoides hydrophyllum (Lour.) Kuntze and Nymphoides indica (L.) Kuntze.

Keywords: Aquatic plants, Fimbrate margin, Bright yellow, Parasyncolpate pollen, pollen morphology, spheroidal seeds, Surface ornamentation

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Published: 03 February 2026