Ludwigia elegans

Ludwigia elegans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Myrtales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Myrtales

Familia: Onagraceae
Subfamilia: Ludwigioideae
Genus: Ludwigia
Sectio: L. sect. Myrtocarpus
Species: Ludwigia elegans

Name

• Ludwigia elegans (Cambess.) H.Hara, 1953

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Jussiaea elegans Cambess. in A.F.C.P.de Saint-Hilaire & al., Fl. Bras. Merid. 2: 257 (1830)
  • Jussiaea elegans var. typica Munz in Darwiniana 4: 226 (1942), not validly publ.
  • Jussiaea octofila var. elegans (Cambess.) H.Lév. in Mém. Soc. Bot. France 7: 424 (1907)
  • Jussiaea peruviana var. elegans (Cambess.) H.Lév. in M.de Santiago Bertoni, Descr. Fis. Econ. Parag.: 13 (1910)
• Heterotypic
  • Jussiaea bracteata Hook. & Arn. in Bot. Misc. 3: 313 (1833)
  • Jussiaea costata Pohl ex Micheli in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 13(2): 151 (1875)
  • Jussiaea elegans f. australis Malme in Ark. Bot. 29A(2): 5 (1937)
  • Jussiaea elegans var. intermedia Hassl. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, sér. 2, 5: 267 (1913)
  • Jussiaea elegans f. macrophylla Chodat & Hassl. in Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 3: 906 (1903)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America ' Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Paraguay, Uruguay Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru Regional: Brazil Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central Regional: Northtern South America Colombia, Suriname, Venezuela References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• H.Hara, 1953. J. Jap. Bot. 28: 292

Additional references

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: I–XXV, 1–1192. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1 BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Ludwigia elegans in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 September 15. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Ludwigia elegans. Published online. Accessed: September 15 2024.
• Tropicos.org 2024. Ludwigia elegans. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 September 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. Ludwigia elegans. 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. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 September 15. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

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