Hydrocharis L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 1036 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Cosmopolitan.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Algeria, Altay, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arkansas, Austria, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil North, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Central European Russia, Chile Central, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechia-Slovakia, Delaware, Denmark, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, East European Russia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Finland, Florida, France, Gabon, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Hainan, Haiti, Hungary, Illinois, India, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Jawa, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Manchuria, Maryland, Mexico Central, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Morocco, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Netherlands, New Guinea, New York, Nicaragua, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Oklahoma, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Puerto Rico, Romania, South Carolina, South European Russia, Spain, Sulawesi, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Türkey, Türkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

California, Iran, Michigan, New Jersey, New South Wales, Ontario, Queensland, Québec, Vermont, Western Australia, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5042] India K001104566 Unknown Type Material Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 5042] K001104567 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5042] India K001104565 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0