''Centrostachys aquatica'' is a species of
flowering plants belonging to the family
Amaranthaceae. It is the sole species in genus ''Centrostachys''.
It is a
subshrub
A subshrub (Latin ''suffrutex'') or dwarf shrub is a short shrub, and is a woody plant. Prostrate shrub is a related term. "Subshrub" is often used interchangeably with "bush".Jackson, Benjamin, Daydon; A Glossary of Botanic Terms with their Der ...
or
helophyte
Aquatic plants are plants that have adapted to living in aquatic environments (saltwater or freshwater). They are also referred to as hydrophytes or macrophytes to distinguish them from algae and other microphytes. A macrophyte is a plant that g ...
native to tropical Africa south to
Botswana, and to the
Indian subcontinent,
Indochina, southeastern
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
, and
Java.
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References
Amaranthaceae
Monotypic Amaranthaceae genera
Afrotropical realm flora
Flora of the Indian subcontinent
Flora of Indo-China
Flora of Southeast China
Flora of Java
Plants described in 1810
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