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Peruvian primrose-willow (Ludwigia peruviana)

Dlium Peruvian primrose-willow (Ludwigia peruviana)

Bintang kuning or Peruvian primrose-willow (Ludwigia peruviana) is a species of plant in the Onagraceae, shrub, aquatic, flowering, up to 3.5 meters high, stems cylindrical or square, green and white-haired.

L. peruviana has elongated oval leaves, winged base on short stalks, pointed or rounded ends, bright green, white hair, a vein in the middle with many small pinnate veins.





The flowers are disc-shaped with four oval-shaped fans, bright yellow in color with a white tinge in the middle.

This plant forms dense colonies along water bodies, rivers, lakes, rice fields and beaches, then creeps into the water and competes with native vegetation.

TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Myrtales
Family: Onagraceae
Genus: Ludwigia
Section: Myrtocarpus
Species: Ludwigia peruviana (L.) H.Hara in J. Jap. Bot. 28: 293 (1953)

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Jussiaea peruviana L. in Sp. Pl.: 388 (1753)
Jussiaea peruviana var. typica Munz in Darwiniana 4: 232 (1942), not validly publ.

HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS

Jussiaea grandiflora Ruiz & Pav. in Fl. Peruv. 4: t. 382 (1821), nom. illeg. homonym. post.
Jussiaea hirsuta Vell. in Fl. Flumin.: 186 (1829), nom. illeg. homonym. post.
Jussiaea hirta (L.) Sw. in Observ. Bot. 2: 31 (1798), nom. illeg. homonym. post.
Jussiaea hirta Lam. in Encycl. 3: 331 (1789)
Jussiaea macrocarpa Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 6: 102 (1823)
Jussiaea mollis Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 6: 102 (1823)
Jussiaea peruviana var. australis Hassl. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 269 (1913)
Jussiaea peruviana var. glaberrima Donn.Sm. in Bot. Gaz. 16: 6 (1891)
Jussiaea peruviana f. hirsuta Hassl. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 269 (1913)
Jussiaea peruviana var. macrocarpa (Kunth) Bertoni in Descr. Fis. Econ. Parag.: 13 (1910)
Jussiaea peruviana stirps macrophylla Bertoni in Descr. Fis. Econ. Parag.: 13 (1910)
Jussiaea peruviana f. tomentosa Hassl. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 269 (1913)
Jussiaea speciosa Ridl. in J. Bot. 59: 259 (1921)
Jussiaea sprengeri L.H.Bailey in Stand. Cycl. Hort. 3: 1730 (1915)
Ludwigia hirta (L.) M.Gómez in Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 23: 66 (1894)
Ludwigia peruviana var. glaberrima (Donn.Sm.) Alain in Brittonia 20: 160 (1968)
Oenothera hirta L. in Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 998 (1759)
Sphaerostigma minimum Heynh. in Alph. Aufz. Gew.: 692 (1847)

PUBLICATIONS

Barua, I.C. (2010). The genus Ludwigia (Onagraceae) in India. Rheedea 20: 59-70.

George, A.S. (ed.) (1990). Flora of Australia 18: 1-349. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.

Karthigeyan, K., Pandey, R.P. & Mao, A.A. (eds.) (2023). Flora of Andaman and Nicobar Islands 2: 1-689. Botanical Survey of India. Ministry of environment, forest and climate change.

Kiew, R., Chung, R.C.K., Shaw, L.G. & Soepadmo, E. (eds.) (2017). Flora of Peninsular Malaysia Series II: Seed Plants, volume 6. Malayan Forest Records 49: 1-231.

Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.

Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.

Pandey, R.P. (2009). Floristic diversity of Ferrargunj forest area in South Andaman. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 33: 747-768.

Santisuk, T. & Balslev, H. (eds.) (2014). Flora of Thailand 11(4): 499-666. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.

Turner, I.M. (1995 publ. 1997). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(2): 347-655.

Welsh, S.L. (1998). Flora Societensis: 1-420. E.P.S. Inc. Utah.

van Steenis, C.G.G.J. (ed.) (1974-1978). Flora Malesiana 8: 1-577. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.

VERNACULAR NAME

Bengali: হলুদ তারা Haluda tārā
Burmese: အဝါရောင်ကြယ် Aawarraung kyaal
Chinese (simplified): 秘鲁丁香蓼
Chinese (traditional): 祕魯水丁香 - 秘魯水丁香
English: Yellow star, Peruvian primrose-willow, Water Primrose
Filipino: Dilaw na bituin
Hindi: पीला सितारा Peela sitaara
Indonesian: Bintang kuning, Lombokan
Java: Lombokan, Lintang kuning
Khmer: ផ្កាយពណ៌លឿង Phkay pnrlueng
Lao: ດາວສີເຫຼືອງ Dav si heuong
Melayu: Bintang kuning
Nepali: पहेँलो तारा Pahēm̐lō tārā
Sinhala: කහ තරුව Kaha taruva
Sunda: Béntang konéng
Tamil: மஞ்சள் நட்சத்திரம் Mañcaḷ naṭcattiram
Thai: ดาวสีเหลือง Dāw s̄ī h̄elụ̄xng
Vietnam: Ngôi sao vàng

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