Hydrocleys

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Hydrocleys
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Hydrocleys martii
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Hydrocleys nymphoides
Curtis's Botanical Magazine (1833)
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Alismataceae
Genus: Hydrocleys
Rich.[1]
Type species
Hydrocleys commersonii (syn of H. nymphoides)
Rich.
Species

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Hydrocleys is a genus of aquatic plants in the Alismataceae, native to the Western Hemisphere, though one is naturalized elsewhere and sold as an ornamental for decorative ponds and artificial aquatic habitats.[2] At present (May 2014), five species are recognized:[3]

Image Scientific name Distribution
File:Angiosperma Aquática na Caatinga Paraibana.jpg Hydrocleys martii Seub. in C.F.P.von Martius Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay
Hydrocleys mattogrossensis (Kuntze) Holm-Niels. & R.R.Haynes Brazil, Bolivia
Hydrocleys modesta Pedersen Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay
File:Hydrocleys nymphoides - flower view 02.jpg Hydrocleys nymphoides (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Buchenau widespread across South America, Central America, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and the Netherlands Antilles. Also naturalized in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Fiji, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Florida, Louisiana and Texas[4][5][6]
Hydrocleys parviflora Seub. in C.F.P.von Martius Mexico, Central America, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil


References

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  1. ^ Richard, Louis Claude Marie. 1815. Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 1: 368
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Hydrocleys nymphoides

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