Scientific or common name:

Hydrocharis spongia Bosc

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HYDROCHARITACEAE - Tape-grass family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

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Taxon Page:

Name: Hydrocharis spongia Bosc
Nomencl. ref.: Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. ix. (1807) 396. t. 30.
Rank: species
See: ► Limnobium spongia (Bosc) Rich. ex Steud.

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Common names

U.S. name: American spongeplant
English name: American spongeplant
English name: frog's-bit

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Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Limnobium spongia (Bosc) Rich. ex Steud.
= Hydrocharis cordifolia Nutt.

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TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: Alismatidae
Order: Hydrocharitales
Family: Hydrocharitaceae
Genus: Hydrocharis
Species:

1) Hydrocharis cordifolia Nutt. 2) Hydrocharis morsus-ranae L. 3) Hydrocharis spongia Bosc

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, AR, CT, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NY, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA)


Map for Hydrocharis spongia Bosc
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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Kingdoms
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1) Fungi 2) Plantae

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Divisions
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1) Anthocerotophyta (Hornworts) 2) Bryophyta (Mosses) 3) Chlorophyta (Green algae) 4) Coniferophyta (Conifers) 5) Cycadophyta (Cycads) 6) Equisetophyta (Horsetails) 7) Ginkgophyta (Ginkgo) 8) Gnetophyta (Gnetophytes) 9) Hepaticophyta (Liverworts) 10) Lycopodiophyta (Lycopods) 11) Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants) 12) Psilophyta (Whisk-ferns) 13) Pteridophyta (Ferns)

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Classes
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1) Liliopsida (Monocotyledons) 2) Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledons)

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Families
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1) Acoraceae (Calamus family) 2) Agavaceae (Century-plant family) 3) Alismataceae (Water-plantain family) 4) Aloaceae (Aloe family) 5) Amaryllidaceae (Amaryllis family.) 6) Aponogetonaceae (Cape-pondweed family) 7) Araceae (Arum family) 8) Arecaceae (Palm family) 9) Asparagaceae (Asparagus family) 10) Asphodelaceae (Asphodel family) 11) Bromeliaceae (Bromeliad family) 12) Burmanniaceae (Burmannia family) 13) Butomaceae (Flowering Rush family) 14) Cannaceae (Canna family) 15) Colchicaceae 16) Commelinaceae (Spiderwort family) 17) Costaceae (Costus family) 18) Cyclanthaceae (Panama Hat family) 19) Cymodoceaceae (Manatee-grass family) 20) Cyperaceae (Sedge family) 21) Dioscoreaceae (Yam family) 22) Eriocaulaceae (Pipewort family) 23) Flagellariaceae (Flagellaria family) 24) Haemodoraceae (Bloodwort family) 25) Hanguanaceae (Hanguana family) 26) Heliconiaceae (Heliconia family) 27) Hydrocharitaceae (Tape-grass family) 28) Iridaceae (Iris family) 29) Joinvilleaceae (Joinvillea family) 30) Juncaceae (Rush family) 31) Juncaginaceae (Arrow-grass family) 32) Lemnaceae (Duckweed family) 33) Liliaceae (Lily family) 34) Limnocharitaceae (Water-poppy family) 35) Marantaceae (Prayer-Plant family) 36) Mayacaceae (Mayaca family) 37) Melanthiaceae (Bunchflower family) 38) Musaceae (Banana family) 39) Najadaceae (Water-nymph family) 40) Orchidaceae (Orchid family) 41) Pandanaceae (Screw-pine family) 42) Philydraceae (Philydraceae family) 43) Poaceae (Grass family) 44) Pontederiaceae (Water-Hyacinth family) 45) Posidoniaceae (Posidonia family) 46) Potamogetonaceae (Pondweed family) 47) Ruppiaceae (Ditch-grass family) 48) Scheuchzeriaceae (Scheuchzeria family) 49) Smilacaceae (Catbrier family) 50) Stemonaceae (Stemona family) 51) Strelitziaceae (Bird of Paradise Flower fam) 52) Taccaceae (Tacca family) 53) Tofieldiaceae (Tofieldia family) 54) Triuridaceae (Triurus family) 55) Typhaceae (Cat-tail family) 56) Xyridaceae (Yellow-eyed Grass family) 57) Zingiberaceae (Ginger family) 58) Zosteraceae (Eel-grass family)

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Genera (Hydrocharitaceae)
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1) Anacharis (egeria) 2) Apalanthe (waterweed) 3) Blyxa 4) Egeria 5) Elodea (waterweed) 6) Enhalus 7) Halophila (seagrass) 8) Hydrilla 9) Hydrocharis 10) Hydromystria (spongeplant) 11) Lagarosiphon (oxygen-weed) 12) Limnobium (spongeplant) 13) Najas (waternymph) 14) Nechamandra 15) Ottelia 16) Philotria (egeria) 17) Salvinia (spongeplant) 18) Stratiotes (water soldiers) 19) Thalassia 20) Udora (waterweed) 21) Vallisneria (eelgrass)

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Common names (Hydrocharis)
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1) American spongeplant (Hydrocharis cordifolia) 2) Common frogbit (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae)

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1) Hydrochloa caroliniensis P. Beauv. [219]
2) Hydrocotyle americana L. [378]
3) Hydrocotyle asiatica L. [273]
4) Hydrocotyle bowlesioides Mathias & Constance [509]
5) Hydrocotyle ranunculoides L. f. [863]
6) Hydrocotyle umbellata L. [409]
7) Hydrolea affinis A. Gray [154]
8) Hydrophila drummondii sensu (Torr. & A. Gray) House p.p. [104]
9) Hygroamblystegium fluviatile (Hedw.) Loeske var. orthocladon (P. Beauv.) H.A. Crum, Steere & L.E. Anderson [136]
10) Hygrohypnum luridum (Hedw.) Jenn. ssp. pseudomontanum (Kindb.) Wijk & Margad. [190]

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