Further investigation on the floral morphology of a newly found marshy monocot in our area bas revealed that our plant is close to the Indian Caldesia grandis Samuel. instead of being conspecific with C. parnassifolia (Bassi ex Linn.) Parl. Taxonomic status of the plant described by Samuelsson (1930) remains uncertain with respect to the superficially known range of variation within Caldesia. The chromosome number of this plant is also reported. |