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Accession Data:

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

  • Common Name: Amazon Frogbit, South American Spongeplant
  • Family: Hydrocharitaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Central and South America; invasive in California
  • Habitat: floating aquatic in fresh water habitats.

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201500005
  • Source: Devan Parker
  • Accession Date: 01-20-2015
  • Bench: 0 - unassigned location
    • Currently: active - marginal (no foliage)
    • Qty: 0 confirmed on 12-11-2023
  • Restrictions:
    • Potentially Invasive Plant - Plants are not to leave Greenhouse!

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: monocots
  • Order: Alismatales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Hydrocharitaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
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Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016

References (internal):

  • Aquatic Plants
  • Acropleustophyte
  • Invasive Species
  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany

References (external):

data regenerated on Wed, 31 Jan 2024 13:00:02 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Hydrocharitaceae

  • Egeria densa W/C
  • Elodea canadensis
  • Limnobium laevigatum
  • Vallisneria americana
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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