Enydra fluctuansLour.

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WFO wfo-0000009302 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Enydra fluctuans, photographed by Eduardo Luis Beltrocco
fig. a Eduardo Luis Beltrocco, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-11-16 / obs. 169113688
Enydra fluctuans, photographed by Gustavo Puente
fig. b Gustavo Puente, CC0 1.0 / obs. 165145553
Enydra fluctuans, photographed by Ezequiel Vera
fig. c Ezequiel Vera, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 165031591
Enydra fluctuans, photographed by Hugo Hulsberg
fig. d Hugo Hulsberg, CC0 1.0 / obs. 166197837
Enydra fluctuans, photographed by Hugo Hulsberg
fig. e Hugo Hulsberg, CC0 1.0 / obs. 166258267
Enydra fluctuans, photographed by Gustavo Puente
fig. f Gustavo Puente, CC0 1.0 / obs. 160645161
Enydra fluctuans, photographed by Agustina Collazo
fig. g Agustina Collazo, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 105724649
Enydra fluctuans, photographed by Hugo Hulsberg
fig. h Hugo Hulsberg, CC0 1.0 / obs. 169938581

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Native range 35 botanical countries

Regions where Enydra fluctuans is native: Benin, Burkina, Congo, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan-South Sudan, Zambia, Zimbabwe, China South-Central, Hainan, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya, New South Wales, Queensland BeninBurkinaCongoDR CongoEthiopiaGabonGhanaGulf of Guinea Is.Ivory CoastKwaZulu-NatalMozambiqueNigeriaSenegalSudan-South SudanZambiaZimbabweChina South-CentralHainanAssamBangladeshCambodiaEast HimalayaIndiaJawaLaosMalayaMyanmarNepalPhilippinesThailandVietnamWest HimalayaNew South WalesQueensland Andaman Is.
Native distribution of Enydra fluctuans, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Benin BEN AFRICA
Burkina BKN
Congo CON
DR Congo ZAI
Ethiopia ETH
Gabon GAB
Ghana GHA
Gulf of Guinea Is. GGI
Ivory Coast IVO
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Mozambique MOZ
Nigeria NGA
Senegal SEN
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Assam ASS
Bangladesh BAN
Cambodia CBD
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Malaya MLY
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Philippines PHI
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
Hainan CHH
New South Wales NSW AUSTRALASIA
Queensland QLD

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 11 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Cryphiospermum repens P.Beauv.
  • Enydra heloncha DC.
  • Enydra hingcha Voigt
  • Enydra linifolia DC. ex Sch.Bip.
  • Enydra longifolia DC.
  • Enydra woollsii F.Muell.
  • Phyllimena longifolia Blume ex DC.
  • Phyllimena paludosa Blume ex DC.
  • Tetraotis longifolia Blume
  • Tetraotis longifolia Reinw.
  • Tetraotis paludosa Reinw. ex Blume

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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