Hydrocharitaceae
Hydrocharis

Hydrocharis laevigata (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Byng & Christenh.

First published in Global Fl. 4: 53 (2018)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Tropical America. It is a helophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Chile Central, Chile South, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Belgium, California, France, Hungary, Japan, Jawa, Netherlands, New South Wales, Poland, Queensland, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Western Australia, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2023). https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12040701. epublication.
  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2023). https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12040701. epublication.
  • Braco, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru: 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1996). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(6): 1-116. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
  • Fournet, J. (2002). Flore illustrée des phanérogames de Guadeloupe et de Martinique 2: 1325-2538. Gondwana editions.
  • Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 2: 1-694. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánes, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Leon, H. (1946). Flora de Cuba 1: 1-441. Cultural S. A., La Habana.
  • Liogier, H.A. & Martorell, L.F. (2000). Flora of Puerto Rico and Adjacent Islands: a Systematic Synopsis ed. 2: 1-382. Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan.
  • Moscoso, R.H. (1943). Catalogus Florae Domingensis: 1-732. New York.
  • Navas Bustamante, L.E. (1973). Flora de la Cuenca de Santiago de Chile 1: 1-301. Comisión Central de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Chile.
  • Van Steenis, C.G.G.J. (ed.) (1955-1958). Flora Malesiana 5: 1-595. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
  • Williams, R.O. (1967). Flora of Trinidad and Tobago 3(1): 1-200. Government Printing Office, Port-of-Spain.
  • Zuloaga, F.O. & Morrone, O. (eds.) (1996). Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledoneae). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de la República Argentina 1: 1-323. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1983 Sinclair [s.n.] Ecuador Limnobium laevigatum K000587188 Holotype Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Sinclair [s.n.] Ecuador Limnobium laevigatum K000587190 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Spruce, R. [1593] Brazil Limnobium laevigatum K000587186 Type Yes
Gibert [1140] Uruguay Limnobium laevigatum K003194773 Yes
Lanjouw, J.; Lindeman, J.C. [3075] Suriname Limnobium laevigatum K003194745 Yes
Raynal-Roques, A.; Jéremie, J. [21128] Guadeloupe Limnobium laevigatum K003194741 Yes
André, É. [1270] Colombia Limnobium laevigatum K003194758 Yes
Pearce, R. [s.n.] Argentina Limnobium laevigatum K003194767 Yes
Parker [s.n.] Guyana Limnobium laevigatum K003194747 Yes
Luond, B.; Brücker, W. [282] Argentina Limnobium laevigatum K003194771 Yes
Martin [s.n.] French Guiana Limnobium laevigatum K003194750 Yes
Walter, M. [128] Paraguay Limnobium laevigatum K003194756 Yes
Purdie [s.n.] Colombia Limnobium laevigatum K000587189 Unknown Type Material Yes
Walter, M. [128] Paraguay Limnobium laevigatum K003194757 Yes
Lanjouw, J.; Lindeman, J.C. [1545] Suriname Limnobium laevigatum K003194749 Yes
Steyermark, J.A. [87475] Venezuela Limnobium laevigatum K003194763 Yes
Madsen, J.E. [63722] Ecuador Limnobium laevigatum K003194766 Yes
Pedersen, T.M. [464] Argentina Limnobium laevigatum K003194768 Yes
Balansa, B. [596a] Paraguay Limnobium laevigatum K003194754 Yes
Philcox, D.; Stoelzel, V. [8378] Trinidad and Tobago Limnobium laevigatum K003194737 Yes
Schinini, A.; Bordas, E. [17876] Paraguay Limnobium laevigatum K003194755 Yes
Aitken, T.H.G. [19] Trinidad and Tobago Limnobium laevigatum K003194736 Yes
Sintenis, P. [[5]779] Limnobium laevigatum K003194733 Yes
s.coll. [694] Mexico Limnobium laevigatum K003194730 Yes
Holton, I.F. [s.n.] Colombia Limnobium laevigatum K003194759 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [s.n.] Dominican Republic Limnobium laevigatum K003194732 Yes
Raynal-Roques, A.; Jéremie, J. [24719] French Guiana Limnobium laevigatum K003194748 Yes
Jéremie, J. [934] Antigua and Barbuda Limnobium laevigatum K003194740 Yes
Jéremie, J. [746] Guadeloupe Limnobium laevigatum K003194743 Yes
Philcox, D.; Stoelzel, V.; Kalloo, B. [8412] Trinidad and Tobago Limnobium laevigatum K003194738 Yes
Cristóbal, C.L.; Schinini, A. [1008] Argentina Limnobium laevigatum K003194770 Yes
Balansa, B. [596] Paraguay Limnobium laevigatum K003194753 Yes
Spruce, R. [1593] Brazil Limnobium laevigatum K000587187 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lehmann, F.C. [s.n.] Colombia Limnobium laevigatum K003194762 Yes
Hassler, E. [7318] Paraguay Limnobium laevigatum K003194751 Yes
Philcox, D.; Philcox, D.J. [8248] Trinidad and Tobago Limnobium laevigatum K003194739 Yes
Pedersen, T.M. [7756] Argentina Limnobium laevigatum K003194769 Yes
{Grisebach} [s.n.] Trinidad and Tobago Limnobium laevigatum K003194734 Yes
Raynal-Roques, A.; Jéremie, J. [21128] Guadeloupe Limnobium laevigatum K003194742 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Colombia Limnobium laevigatum K003194760 Yes
Parker [32] Guyana Limnobium laevigatum K003194746 Yes
Diaz, D. [77] Venezuela Limnobium laevigatum K003194764 Yes
Luond, B.; Brücker, W. [282] Argentina Limnobium laevigatum K003194772 Yes
Hassler, E. [12436] Paraguay Limnobium laevigatum K003194752 Yes
Diaz, D. [80] Venezuela Limnobium laevigatum K003194765 Yes
Aitken, T.H.G. [14] Trinidad and Tobago Limnobium laevigatum K003194735 Yes
André, É. [1270] Colombia Limnobium laevigatum K003194761 Yes
s.coll. [8645] Guyana Limnobium laevigatum K003194744 Yes
Schaffner [484] Mexico Limnobium laevigatum K003194731 Yes
Bourgeau, E. [66] Mexico Limnobium laevigatum K003194729 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0