Hydrocharis spongia

Hydrocharis spongia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Alismatales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Alismatales

Familia: Hydrocharitaceae
Genus: Hydrocharis
Species: Hydrocharis spongia

Name

Hydrocharis spongia Bosc, 1807

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Limnobium boscii Rich., Mém. Cl. Sci. Math. Inst. Natl. France 12(2): 32 (1811 publ. 1814), nom. superfl.
  • Hydrocharis cordifolia Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 241 (1818), nom. superfl.
  • Limnobium spongia (Bosc) Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 45 (1841).
• Heterotypic
  • Rhizakenia ovata Raf., Autik. Bot.: 188 (1840).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Central & Eastern USA Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia Introduced into: Puerto Rico References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Bosc, L.A.G., 1807. Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 9: 396

Additional references

• Not accepted by:
  • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Limnobium spongia.]

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Hydrocharis spongia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 24. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Hydrocharis spongia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 24. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Hydrocharis spongia. Published online. Accessed: Oct 24 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Hydrocharis spongia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 Oct 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Hydrocharis spongia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 24. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: American spongeplant

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