Hydrocharis

Hydrocharis morsus-ranae

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Hydrocharitaceae
Genus: Hydrocharis
Species: H. chevalieri – H. dubia – H. laevigata – H. morsus-ranae – H. spongia

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Hydrocharis 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.

Name

Hydrocharis L. Sp. Pl. 2: 1036. 1753

• Typus: Hydrocharis morsus-ranae L.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Limnobium Rich., Mém. Cl. Sci. Math. Inst. Natl. France 12(2): 32 (1811 publ. 1814).
  • Hydromystria G.Mey., Prim. Fl. Esseq.: 152 (1818).
  • Jalambicea (Cerv.) Cerv. in P.de La Llave & J.M.de Lexarza, Nov. Veg. Descr. 2(2): 12 (1825).
  • Rhizakenia Raf., Autik. Bot.: 188 (1840).
  • TrianeaH.Karst., Linnaea 28: 424 (1857).
  • Hydrocharella Spruce ex Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. 3: 452 (1883).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Cosmopolitan Alabama, Algeria, Altay, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arkansas, Austria, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil North, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Central European Rus, Chile Central, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, Dominican Republic, 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 Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Oklahoma, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Puerto Rico, Romania, South Carolina, South European Russi, Spain, Sulawesi, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Western Australia, Windward Is., Yugoslavia, Zaïre Introduced into: California, Michigan, New Jersey, New South Wales, Ontario, Queensland, Québec, Vermont, Zambia, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 1036. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2011. World checklist of selected plant families published update. Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Reference page. 
• USDA plants profile for Hydrocharis.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Hydrocharis 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 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. Published online. Accessed: Oct 24 2021. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Hydrocharis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 Oct 2021. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Hydrocharis. 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

• беларуская: Жабнік
• Cebuano: Hydrocharis
• čeština: voďanka
• чӑвашла: Йӳçĕ курăк
• eesti: Kilbukas
• فارسی: تخت قورباغه
• suomi: Kilpukat
• français: Hydrocharis
• hrvatski: Žabogriz
• hornjoserbsce: Wódnjanka
• ქართული: წყლის სურო
• қазақша: Бақаоты
• 한국어: 자라풀속
• lietuvių: Vandenplūkis
• norsk: Froskebittslekten
• polski: Żabiściek
• русский: Водокрас, Лягушечник
• slovenčina: vodnianka
• српски / srpski: Vodeni buberak
• svenska: Dybladssläktet
• 中文: 水鳖属

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