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Limnobium

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Subfamily
  
Hydrocharitoideae

Higher classification
  
Hydrocharitaceae

Order
  
Alismatales

Family
  
Hydrocharitaceae

Scientific name
  
Limnobium

Rank
  
Genus

Limnobium Limnobium

Similar
  
Limnobium laevigatum, Pistia, Hydrocharis morsus‑ranae, Salvinia, Egeria

Amazon frogbit limnobium laevigatum floating plant


Limnobium, common names spongeplant and American frogbit, is a group of aquatic plants in the Hydrocharitaceae described as a genus in 1814. It is widespread in freshwater environments in Latin America, the West Indies, and the United States.

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species
  1. Limnobium laevigatum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Heine - Mexico, Central and South America, West Indies
  2. Limnobium spongia (Bosc) Steud. - USA (Lower Mississippi Valley, Southern Coastal Plain from TX to DE; occasionally elsewhere as a waif)
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formerly included

Limnobium dubium (Blume) Shäffer-Fehre - Hydrocharis dubia (Blume) Backer

Floating aquatic plants limnobium laevigatum amazon frogbit


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References

Limnobium Wikipedia