Kingdom Plantae Family Onagraceae Scientific name Ludwigia Rank Genus | Order Myrtales Subfamily Ludwigioideae Higher classification Onagraceae | |
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Lower classifications Ludwigia repens, Ludwigia palustris, Ludwigia peploides, Ludwigia hexapetala, Ludwigia alternifolia | ||
Ludwigia (primrose-willow, water-purslane, or water-primrose) is a genus of about 82 species of aquatic plants with a cosmopolitan but mainly tropical distribution.
Selected species
At current, there is much debate among botanists and plant taxonomists as to the classification of many Ludwigia species. Botanists from the US Department of Agriculture are currently doing genetic analyses on plants from the Western US and South America to better classify members of this genus.
The genus was named by Carl Linnaeus after Christian Gottlieb Ludwig (1709-1773), a German botanist, who was apparently not amused by this honour.
References
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