Characteristics
Monocots
Limnobium spongia (Bosc)Rich. ex Steud.
AMERICAN SPONGEPLANT; FROG'S-BIT
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Native
OBL (NWPL)
OBL (DEP)
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Classification
ALISMATALES
Limnobium spongia (Bosc)Rich. ex Steud. - AMERICAN SPONGEPLANT; FROG'S-BIT
Citation
LIMNOBIUM SPONGIA (Bosc) Richard ex Steudel, Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2. 2: 45. 1841.
Hydrocharis spongia Bosc 1807.
SOUTH CAROLINA: "dans les fosses tourbeux de la Basse-Caroline",
Species Distribution Map
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Synonyms
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Type
Hydrocharis cordifolia
Hydrocharis cordifolia Nuttall, Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 241. 1818, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Hydrocharis spongia Bosc 1807.
Hydrocharis spongia
Hydrocharis spongia Bosc, Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 9: 396, pl. 30. 1807.
TYPE: SOUTH CAROLINA: "dans les fosses tourbeux de la Basse-Caroline",
Limnobium boscii
Limnobium boscii Richard, Mém. Cl. Sci. Math. Inst. France 12(2): 32. 1814, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Hydrocharis spongia Bosc 1807.
Rhizakenia ovata
Rhizakenia ovata Rafinesque, Autik. Bot. 188. 1840.
TYPE: "New England to Florida?",
Specimens and Distribution
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