- Family: Araliaceae Juss.
Hydrocotyle Tourn. ex L.
[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial creeping herbs
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves simple, sometimes peltate, with undivided and crenate to ± deeply palmately divided blade, with membranous stipules
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a simple umbel or of 2 or more superposed whorls, axillary, pedunculate; bracts small
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers bisexual. Calyx-lobes minute or obsolete
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals small
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruits strongly laterally compressed, with narrow commissure; ribs usually prominent; endocarp woody; vittae absent or present only in primary ribs; stylopodia obsolete.
- Distribution
- Some 160 species in both tropical and temperate parts of the Old and the New World.
[FTEA]
Umbelliferae, C.C. Townsend. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1989
- Morphology General Habit
- Creeping perennial herbs of wet places, rooting at the lower nodes, glabrous or ± hairy
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves on slender petioles, sometimes peltate, undivided and crenate to deeply palmatisect, with membranous stipules
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a simple (sometimes ± capitate) umbel, a proliferous umbel, or of 2 or more superposed whorls, pedunculate, the peduncle long or short, axillary; bracts small, membranous; the very short or longer pedicels sometimes subtended by small bracteoles, at least in the lower flowers
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers hermaphrodite
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx-teeth very small or obsolete
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals small, white to greenish, not rarely ± suffused with purple
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit strongly laterally compressed, the mericarps thin to somewhat thicker but the commissure always narrow; ribs filiform but usually ± prominent, particularly the dorsal; endocarp woody, carpophore absent; vittae absent or present only in the primary ribs; styles usually slender, arising from the discoid apex of each mericarp, stylopodia obsolete.
[FZ]
Umbelliferae, J. F. M. Cannon. Flora Zambesiaca 4. 1978
- Morphology General Habit
- Creeping perennial, rooting at the nodes, glabrous or pubescent.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves on slender petioles, sometimes peltate.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a simple umbel (sometimes almost capitate), a proliferous umbel or an interrupted spike.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Peduncles
- Peduncle very short to longer than the subtending leaf.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers white to greenish-yellow, calyx teeth minute; stylopodium depressed (rarely conspicuous).
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit strongly laterally compressed, dorsal surface often acute; ribs well developed; carpophore absent.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Commissural face of the seed plane to convex. Seed cavity surrounded by strengthening cells.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits Vittae
- Vittae absent to well developed.
Native to:
Alabama, Albania, Andaman Is., Angola, Antipodean Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Azores, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burundi, California, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Congo, Connecticut, Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Falkland Is., Fiji, Florida, France, French Guiana, Galápagos, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Illinois, India, Indiana, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kentucky, Kenya, Kermadec Is., Korea, Kuril Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Louisiana, Macquarie Is., Madagascar, Maine, Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Marquesas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Norfolk Is., North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Norway, Ogasawara-shoto, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Rwanda, Réunion, Sicilia, Solomon Is., Somalia, South Australia, South Carolina, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tristan da Cunha, Uganda, Uruguay, Utah, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Western Australia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Extinct in:
Algeria
Introduced into:
Benin, Cabinda, Canary Is., Central American Pac, Chagos Archipelago, Eritrea, Gabon, Ghana, Hawaii, Ivory Coast, Krasnoyarsk, Lesotho, Liberia, Mauritius, Nigeria, North Caucasus, Rodrigues, Sardegna, Senegal, Swaziland, Turkey
- Hydrocotyle aconitifolia A.Rich.
- Hydrocotyle acuminata Urb.
- Hydrocotyle acutifolia Ruiz & Pav.
- Hydrocotyle acutiloba (F.Muell.) N.A.Wakef.
- Hydrocotyle adrianae M.Mend.
- Hydrocotyle alata A.Rich.
- Hydrocotyle alchemilloides A.Rich.
- Hydrocotyle algida N.A.Wakef.
- Hydrocotyle alpestris Gardner
- Hydrocotyle americana L.
- Hydrocotyle andina Cuatrec.
- Hydrocotyle apolobambensis M.Mend. & A.Fuentes
- Hydrocotyle aristeguietae Mathias & Constance
- Hydrocotyle asterocarpa A.J.Perkins
- Hydrocotyle barbarossa Cham. & Schltdl.
- Hydrocotyle benguetensis Elmer
- Hydrocotyle blepharocarpa F.Muell.
- Hydrocotyle boliviana (Kuntze) Mathias
- Hydrocotyle bonariensis Comm. ex Lam.
- Hydrocotyle bonplandii A.Rich.
- Hydrocotyle bowlesioides Mathias & Constance
- Hydrocotyle bradei Rossbach
- Hydrocotyle brittonii Mathias
- Hydrocotyle burmanica Kurz
- Hydrocotyle calcicola Y.H.Li
- Hydrocotyle callicarpa Bunge
- Hydrocotyle callicephala Cham.
- Hydrocotyle capillaris F.Muell.
- Hydrocotyle capitata Thouars
- Hydrocotyle chamaemorus Cham. & Schltdl.
- Hydrocotyle changanensis X.C.Du & Y.Ren
- Hydrocotyle chevalieri (Cherm.) Tardieu
- Hydrocotyle chiangdaoensis Murata
- Hydrocotyle comocarpa F.Muell.
- Hydrocotyle conferta Wight
- Hydrocotyle coriacea M.Mend.
- Hydrocotyle corynophora F.Muell.
- Hydrocotyle crassiuscula Tate
- Hydrocotyle cryptocarpa Speg.
- Hydrocotyle cuatrecasasii Mathias & Constance
- Hydrocotyle dahlgrenii Rose & Macbride
- Hydrocotyle decorata A.J.Perkins
- Hydrocotyle diantha DC.
- Hydrocotyle dichondroides Makino
- Hydrocotyle dielsiana H.Wolff
- Hydrocotyle digitata A.R.Bean & Henwood
- Hydrocotyle dimorphocarpa A.J.Perkins
- Hydrocotyle dipleura A.R.Bean
- Hydrocotyle domingensis Mathias & Constance
- Hydrocotyle eccentrica Britton
- Hydrocotyle eichleri A.J.Perkins
- Hydrocotyle elegans A.Rich.
- Hydrocotyle elongata A.Cunn. ex Hook.f.
- Hydrocotyle escondida M.Mend.
- Hydrocotyle exigua (Urb.) Malme
- Hydrocotyle feaniana F.Br.
- Hydrocotyle felipae M.Mend.
- Hydrocotyle filipes Mathias
- Hydrocotyle foveolata H.Eichler
- Hydrocotyle galapagensis B.L.Rob.
- Hydrocotyle geraniifolia F.Muell.
- Hydrocotyle globiflora Ruiz & Pav.
- Hydrocotyle gracilis Ruiz & Pav.
- Hydrocotyle grammatocarpa F.Muell.
- Hydrocotyle grossulariifolia Rusby
- Hydrocotyle grossularioides A.Rich.
- Hydrocotyle gunnerifolia Wedd.
- Hydrocotyle hederacea Mathias
- Hydrocotyle heteromeria A.Rich.
- Hydrocotyle heucherifolia Mathias
- Hydrocotyle hexagona Mathias
- Hydrocotyle himalaica P.K.Mukh.
- Hydrocotyle hirsuta Sw.
- Hydrocotyle hirta R.Br. ex A.Rich.
- Hydrocotyle hispidula Bunge
- Hydrocotyle hitchcockii Rose ex Mathias
- Hydrocotyle hookeri (C.B.Clarke) Craib
- Hydrocotyle humboldtii A.Rich.
- Hydrocotyle humifusa Pohl ex DC.
- Hydrocotyle hydrophila Petrie
- Hydrocotyle incrassata Ruiz & Pav.
- Hydrocotyle indecora DC.
- Hydrocotyle itatiaiensis Brade
- Hydrocotyle javanica Thunb.
- Hydrocotyle juanae M.Mend.
- Hydrocotyle kollimalayensis Karupp. & M.A.Ali
- Hydrocotyle langsdorffii DC.
- Hydrocotyle lanipes Urb. & Ekman
- Hydrocotyle laxiflora DC.
- Hydrocotyle lehmannii Mathias
- Hydrocotyle lemnoides Benth.
- Hydrocotyle leucocephala Cham. & Schltdl.
- Hydrocotyle longipedunculata M.Mend.
- Hydrocotyle longipes Mathias & Killip
- Hydrocotyle lopeziae M.Mend.
- Hydrocotyle mannii Hook.f.
- Hydrocotyle medicaginoides Turcz.
- Hydrocotyle mexicana Schltdl. & Cham.
- Hydrocotyle microphylla A.Cunn.
- Hydrocotyle miranda A.R.Bean & Henwood
- Hydrocotyle modesta Cham. & Schltdl.
- Hydrocotyle moschata G.Forst.
- Hydrocotyle multifida A.Rich.
- Hydrocotyle muriculata Turcz.
- Hydrocotyle muscosa R.Br. ex A.Rich.
- Hydrocotyle new-guinensis M.Hiroe
- Hydrocotyle nixoides Mathias & Constance
- Hydrocotyle novae-zeelandiae DC.
- Hydrocotyle oligantha Urb.
- Hydrocotyle oraria A.R.Bean
- Hydrocotyle palmata Mathias
- Hydrocotyle paludosa A.R.Bean
- Hydrocotyle papilionella A.J.Perkins
- Hydrocotyle pedicellosa F.Muell. ex Benth.
- Hydrocotyle peltiformis R.Li & H.Li
- Hydrocotyle pennellii Rose ex Mathias
- Hydrocotyle perforata A.J.Perkins
- Hydrocotyle peruviana H.Wolff
- Hydrocotyle petelotii Tardieu
- Hydrocotyle phoenix A.J.Perkins
- Hydrocotyle pilifera Turcz.
- Hydrocotyle plebeya R.Br. ex A.Rich.
- Hydrocotyle poeppigii DC.
- Hydrocotyle prolifera Kellogg
- Hydrocotyle pseudoboliviana M.Mend.
- Hydrocotyle pseudoconferta Masam.
- Hydrocotyle pseudosanicula H.Boissieu
- Hydrocotyle pterocarpa F.Muell.
- Hydrocotyle pusilla A.Rich.
- Hydrocotyle pygmaea C.Wright
- Hydrocotyle quinqueloba Ruiz & Pav.
- Hydrocotyle ramiflora Maxim.
- Hydrocotyle ranunculoides L.f.
- Hydrocotyle ribifolia Rose & Standl.
- Hydrocotyle rivularis H.Eichler ex Henwood
- Hydrocotyle robusta Kirk
- Hydrocotyle rugulosa Turcz.
- Hydrocotyle sagasteguii Constance & M.O.Dillon
- Hydrocotyle salwinica R.H.Shan & S.L.Liou
- Hydrocotyle schlechteri H.Wolff
- Hydrocotyle scutellifera Benth.
- Hydrocotyle serendipita A.J.Perkins
- Hydrocotyle setulosa Hayata
- Hydrocotyle siamica Craib
- Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides Lam.
- Hydrocotyle solomonii M.Mend.
- Hydrocotyle sphenoloba Wedd.
- Hydrocotyle spinulifera A.J.Perkins
- Hydrocotyle steyermarkii Mathias & Constance
- Hydrocotyle striata Benth.
- Hydrocotyle sulcata C.J.Webb & P.N.Johnson
- Hydrocotyle tambalomaensis H.Wolff
- Hydrocotyle tenerrima Rose ex Mathias
- Hydrocotyle tetragonocarpa Bunge
- Hydrocotyle tonkinensis Tardieu
- Hydrocotyle torresiana Rose & Standl.
- Hydrocotyle trachycarpa F.Muell.
- Hydrocotyle tripartita R.Br. ex A.Rich.
- Hydrocotyle tuberculata A.J.Perkins
- Hydrocotyle tuberifera Ohwi
- Hydrocotyle tumida A.R.Bean & Henwood
- Hydrocotyle ulei H.Wolff
- Hydrocotyle umbellata L.
- Hydrocotyle urbaniana H.Wolff
- Hydrocotyle venezuelensis Rose ex Mathias
- Hydrocotyle verticillata Thunb.
- Hydrocotyle vestita Mathias & Killip
- Hydrocotyle vulgaris L.
- Hydrocotyle wilfordii Maxim.
- Hydrocotyle wilsonii Diels ex R.H.Shan & S.L.Liou
- Hydrocotyle yabei Makino
- Hydrocotyle yanghuangensis (Hieron.) Mathias
- Hydrocotyle zongoana M.Mend.
Hydrocotyle Tourn. ex L. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Sp. Pl.: 234 (1753)
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- —F.T.A. 3: 3.
Flora Zambesiaca
- Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 109 (1754).
- Sp. Pl. 1: 234 (1753)
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 109 (1754)
- Sp. Pl.: 234 (1753)
Flora Zambesiaca
Flora Zambesiaca
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Flora of Somalia
Flora of Somalia
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
Flora of Tropical East Africa
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Kew Backbone Distributions
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
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