Hydrocotyle umbellata

Hydrocotyle umbellata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Apiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Apiales

Familia: Araliaceae
Subfamilia: Hydrocotyloideae
Genus: Hydrocotyle
Species: Hydrocotyle umbellata

Name

• Hydrocotyle umbellata L.

Synonyms

• Hydrocotyle ambigua Britton, Stern & Pogg.
• Hydrocotyle caffra Meisn.
• Hydrocotyle fluitans DC.
• Hydrocotyle incrassata Rafin.
• Hydrocotyle petiolaris DC.
• Hydrocotyle polystachya A. Rich.
• Hydrocotyle quinqueradiata Thou. ex DC.
• Hydrocotyle scaposa Steud.
• Hydrocotyle umbellulata Michx.
• Hydrocotyle vulgaris Bory ex A. Rich.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America USA (Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia), Canada (Nova Scotia), Mexico (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz) Continental: Southern America Costa Rica, Peru, Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles (Dominica, Guadeloupe), Trinidad, Nicaragua, Bermuda, Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolivar, Carabobo, Delta Amacuro, Distrito Federal, Falcon, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Sucre, Tachira, Trujillo, Zulia), Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Ecuador, Bolivia (Beni, Santa Cruz), Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Panama, Chile (Tarapaca, Valparaiso, Bio Bio), Paraguay (Alto Paraguay, Caazapa, Central), Colombia (Antioquia, Atlntico, Boyac, Cauca, Choc, Crdoba, Nario, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Quindo, Risaralda, Santander, Tolima, Valle) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 234. Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Hydrocotyle umbellata. 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. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 18. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Hydrocotyle umbellata. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 18 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Hydrocotyle umbellata in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 18.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Hydrocotyle umbellata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 Nov. 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Hydrocotyle umbellata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: Marsh pennywort
español: Ombligo de Venus, Sombrerillo de agua, Yerba de cuatro

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