Biology:Hydrocleys nymphoides
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Short description: Species of aquatic plant
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| Hydrocleys nymphoides Curtis's Botanical Magazine (1833) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Alismataceae |
| Genus: | Hydrocleys |
| Species: | H. nymphoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Hydrocleys nymphoides (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Buchenau
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Hydrocleys nymphoides, the waterpoppy[2] or water-poppy,[3] is an aquatic plant species in the Alismataceae. It is widespread across South America, Central America, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and the Netherlands Antilles. It is cultivated in many places for used in decorative ponds and artificial aquatic habitats, and naturalized in Australia , New Zealand, South Africa , Fiji, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Florida, Louisiana and Texas .[1][4][5][6]
Gallery
Flower of Hydrocleys nymphoides
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew" (in en-GB). http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=278722.
- ↑ "Hydrocleys nymphoides". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=HYNY. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ↑ (xls) BSBI List 2007, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, https://bsbi.org/download/3542/, retrieved 2014-10-17
- ↑ Biota of North America Program Image
- ↑ Atlas of Living Australia
- ↑ "Hydrocleys nymphoides | SANBI" (in en). http://www.sanbi.org/information/infobases/invasive-alien-plant-alert/hydrocleys-nymphoides.
External links
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Plant Finder, Gardening Help, water poppy
- North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension
Wikidata ☰ Q2611621 entry
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