Scientific or common name:

Limnobium laevigatum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Heine

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

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Taxon Page:

Name: Limnobium laevigatum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Heine
Nomencl. ref.: Adansonia sér. 2, 8: 315. 1968
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: West Indian spongeplant
English name: South American spongeplant

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Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Hydromystria laevigata (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Hunziker
= Hydromystria stolonifera G. Mey.
= Limnobium spongia (Bosc) Rich. ex Steud. ssp. laevigatum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Lowden
= Limnobium stoloniferum (G. Mey.) Griseb.
= Salvinia laevigata Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.

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TAXONOMY

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

1) Limnobium laevigatum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Heine 2) Limnobium spongia (Bosc) Rich. ex Steud. 3) Limnobium spongia (Bosc) Rich. ex Steud. ssp. laevigatum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Lowden 4) Limnobium stoloniferum (G. Mey.) Griseb.

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (California), USA+ (Puerto Rico)


Map for Limnobium laevigatum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Heine
(*) 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 (Limnobium)
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1) American spongeplant (Limnobium spongia) 2) West Indian spongeplant (Limnobium laevigatum)

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More species:
1) Limnobium spongia (Bosc) Rich. ex Steud. ssp. laevigatum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Lowden [94]
2) Limnobotrya montigena (McClatchie) Rydb. [137]
3) Limnorchis dilatata (Pursh) Rydb. ssp. albiflora (Cham.) A. Löve & Simon [93]
4) Limnorchis zothecina (Higgins & S.L. Welsh) W.A. Weber [151]
5) Limodorum pinetorum Small [135]
6) Limonia aurantiifolia Christm. [149]
7) Limonium carolinianum (Walter) Britton var. nashii (Small) B. Boivin [137]
8) Limonium nashii Small [135]
9) Limosella aquatica L. [1238]
10) Linanthus ambiguus (Rattan) Greene [147]

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