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Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: It is reported from tropical to warm regions of southern and southeast Asia (Moody 1989, Cook 1996), including India (e.g., Mumbai, Karnataka, Mysore, Chennai; Bhatti and Ingrouille 1997), Bangladesh, Lao PDR (Andersen et al. 2006, Newman et al. 2007), Thailand, southern China (Francisco-Ortega et al. 2010, eFloras 2011), Taiwan, Province of China, to Papua New Guinea (Osborne undated) and Australia.
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia); Bangladesh; Bhutan; Cambodia; China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Yunnan, Zhejiang); Hong Kong; India (Assam, Bihar, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal); Indonesia; Japan; Lao Peoples Democratic Republic; Malaysia; Myanmar (Myanmar (mainland)); Philippines; Sri Lanka; Taiwan, Province of China; Thailand; Viet Nam
Additional data:
? Continuing decline in extent of occurrence (EOO): No ? Extreme fluctuations in extent of occurrence (EOO): No
? Continuing decline in number of locations: No
? Extreme fluctuations in the number of locations: No
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Population [top]
Population: It is common in wet places, including rice fields, and locally abundant forming pure patches in suitable habitats.
Current Population Trend: Stable
Additional data:
? Continuing decline of mature individuals: No
? Extreme fluctuations: No ? Population severely fragmented: No
? Continuing decline in subpopulations: No
? Extreme fluctuations in subpopulations: No ? All individuals in one subpopulation: No
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: It grows in seasonally inundated or permanently inundated places and flowers when the water recedes. Commonly it is seen in ditches, pool edges, drying rice fields, stream edges etc.
Systems: Terrestrial; Freshwater
Continuing decline in area, extent and/or quality of habitat: No
Use and Trade [top]
Use and Trade: Widely found in the aquarium trade, however the source of material is not known.
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): There are no known threats to this widely distributed species.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: No conservation measures have been taken specifically. But the species is grown ex-situ.
Citation: Watve, A. 2011. Pogostemon stellatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T177402A7429640. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T177402A7429640.en. Downloaded on 10 November 2016.
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