Ludwigia L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 118 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Cosmopolitan.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Assam, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burundi, California, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Central American Pac, Chad, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Connecticut, Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, France, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kansas, Kentucky, Kenya, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Libya, Louisiana, Madagascar, Maine, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Manchuria, Marianas, Marshall Is., Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, Newfoundland, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, North Carolina, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Rodrigues, Romania, Rwanda, Réunion, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Sinai, Solomon Is., Somalia, South Australia, South Carolina, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Western Australia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Extinct in:

Socotra

Introduced into:

Cabinda, Christmas I., Cook Is., Hawaii, Line Is., Marquesas, Nauru, Ogasawara-shoto, Samoa, Society Is., Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tuvalu, Wallis-Futuna Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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PAFTOL

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.

Flora of Iraq

  • Linnaeus Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 153 (1754)
  • Linnaeus Sp. Pl. ed. 1, 118 (1753);

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 55 (1754).
  • Sp. Pl. 1: 118 (1753)

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Feb 1, 2020 Runi et al. [S 71238] Malaysia K001392826 No
Feb 1, 2020 Barbon et al. [2304] K001392822 No
Jan 1, 2010 Luke, W.R.Q.; J.P. [10662Z] Congo, Republic of the K000566718 Yes
Jul 29, 2009 Wood, J.R.I., et al. [24883] Bolivia K000565936 Yes
Feb 23, 2006 Wood, J.R.I. [9849] Bolivia K000275725 Yes
Jan 1, 2002 Roque, N.; Bautista, H.P.; Hind, D.J.N.; Harley, R.M. [4530] Brazil K001077318 Yes
Jan 1, 2002 Roque, N.; Bautista, H.P.; Hind, D.J.N.; Harley, R.M. [4530] Brazil K001077324 Yes
Jan 1, 1987 Davidson, C.; Martinelli, G. [CD 10260] Brazil K001077319 Yes
Jan 1, 1987 Davidson, C.; Martinelli, G. [10283] Brazil K001077320 Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Tweedie [s.n.] Argentina K000533258 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Gillies, J. [s.n.] Argentina K000533255 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Wright, C. [2557] Cuba K000533291 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Tweedie [s.n.] Argentina K000533257 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Sw [s.n.] Brazil K001077561 Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Tweedie [s.n.] Uruguay K000533256 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1974 Anderson, W.R. [10997] Brazil K001077323 Yes
Jan 1, 1967 s.coll. [21442] Brazil K001077322 Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Glaziou [13815] Brazil K001077321 Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Spruce, R. [1034] Brazil K000533268 Type Yes
Giulietti, A.M.; Guedes, M.L.; Stannard, B.L.; Harley, R.M; Woodgyer, E.M. [s.n.] Brazil K001077569 Yes
Braga, J.M.A. [6529] Brazil K001905377 No
Sintenis, P. [69] Puerto Rico K003855307 Yes
Chapman, A.W. [s.n.] United States K000742271 Unknown Type Material Yes
Beard, P. [1265] Grenada K003855281 Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [P6372] Trinidad and Tobago K003855335 Yes
Johnston, J.R. [35] Trinidad and Tobago K003855301 Yes
Essou, J.P. ; Agbani, P. ; Yedomonhan, H. [917] Benin K001562436 Yes
Yonon Botanic Team [145] Guinea K001604056 Yes
Chapman, A.W. [s.n.] United States K000742270 Unknown Type Material Yes
Krauss [73] K000310882 Unknown Type Material Yes
Krauss [73] K000310870 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mann G. [2227] Cameroon K000050352 Type Yes
Philcox, D.; Kalloo, B. [7941] Trinidad and Tobago K003855325 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [8690] Cameroon K000050360 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Trinidad and Tobago K003855328 Yes
Pollard, B.J.; Hinchcliffe. [563] Cameroon K001518123 Yes
Marsh, M. [384] Jamaica K003855310 Yes
[Distain] [s.n.] Jamaica K003855311 Yes
Fournier, A. [153] Cote d'Ivoire K001598558 Yes
Simaga, J.M. [815] Papua New Guinea K001625192 Yes
Broadway, W.E. [5181] Trinidad and Tobago K003855299 Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [P6037] Trinidad and Tobago K003855332 Yes
Ganev, W. [3914] Brazil K001077567 Yes
de Schach, B. [s.n.] Trinidad and Tobago K003855327 Yes
Hamilton, W.D. [85] Brazil K001077563 Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [P6336] Trinidad and Tobago K003855334 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Jamaica K003855308 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Trinidad and Tobago K003855326 Yes
Marsh, M. [1301] Jamaica K003855309 Yes
Hunt, D.R.; Ramos, J.F. [6044] Brazil K001077568 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] Trinidad and Tobago K003855323 Yes
Senegal K000310789 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sintenis, P. [5618] Puerto Rico K003855304 Yes
Sellow [161] Brazil K001077573 Yes
Spruce, R. [6253] Ecuador K000006285 Yes
Wright, C. [2555] Cuba K000533290 Unknown Type Material Yes
De Schack, B.D. [s.n.] Trinidad and Tobago K003855298 Yes
Philcox, D.; Raynal, A. [7910] Trinidad and Tobago K003855324 Yes
Sintenis, P. [69] Puerto Rico K003855306 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [8692] Cameroon K000050359 Yes
Broadway, W.E. [6346] Trinidad and Tobago K003855329 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [3793] Mali K:SPC-32689.000 No
Guedes, M.L.; Smith, S.; Hind, D.J.N.; Harley, R.M.; Silva, E.M. [2953] Brazil K001077572 Yes
Hind, D.J.N.; Harley, R.M.; Nic Lughadha, E.; Souza, V.C.; Sakuragui, C.M.; Ganev, W. [H50478] Brazil K001077566 Yes
Sintenis, P. [3921] Puerto Rico K003855302 Yes
Broadway, W.E. [6977] Trinidad and Tobago K003855300 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Giulietti, A.M. [54665] Brazil K001077565 Yes
Willis, F.R. [72] Indonesia K:SPC-72296.000 No
Saunders, K. [s.n.] South Africa K000310883 Unknown Type Material Yes
Broadway, W.E. [7883] Trinidad and Tobago K003855330 Yes
Richardson, W.D. [797] Trinidad and Tobago K003855333 Yes
Pires, J.M.; Rodrigues, W.A.; Irvine, G.C. [51211] Brazil K001077562 Yes
Lombardi, J.A. [4809] Brazil K001077570 Yes
Hamilton, W.D. [132] Brazil K001077564 Yes
Guedes, M.L.; Harley, R.M.; Stannard, B.L.; Woodgyer, E.M. [PCD248] Brazil K001077571 Yes
Wydler, H. [132] Puerto Rico K003855305 Yes
Broadway, W.E. [6807] Trinidad and Tobago K003855331 Yes
Sintensis, P. [2326] Puerto Rico K003855303 Yes
Mar 17, 1953 [2356] Uganda Jussiaea K000310854 Type Yes
Spruce, R. [6249] Ecuador Jussiaea K000006284 Yes
Alers, M. P. T.; Blom, A. [177] Gabon Jussiaea K001614748 Yes

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