Ludwigia (plant)
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Onagraceae |
| Subfamily: | Ludwigioideae |
| Genus: | Ludwigia L. |
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Ludwigia (primrose-willow, water-purslane, or water-primrose) is a genus of about 82 species of
tropical
distribution.
Currently (2023), 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.[citation needed]
The genus was named by Carl Linnaeus after Christian Gottlieb Ludwig (1709-1773).[1]
Fossil record
The oldest known remains of the genus are known from
Selected species
Listed from the NCBI database:[4]
- Ludwigia adscendens
- Ludwigia alata
- Ludwigia alternifolia
- Ludwigia anastomosans
- Ludwigia arcuata
- Ludwigia bonariensis
- Ludwigia brevipes
- Ludwigia curtissii
- Ludwigia decurrens
- Ludwigia erecta
- Ludwigia glandulosa
- Ludwigia grandiflora
- Ludwigia helminthorrhiza
- Ludwigia hirtella
- Ludwigia hexapetala
- Ludwigia hyssopifolia
- Ludwigia inclinata
- Ludwigia lanceolata
- Ludwigia leptocarpa
- Ludwigia linearis
- Ludwigia linifolia
- Ludwigia longifolia
- Ludwigia maritima
- Ludwigia microcarpa
- Ludwigia natans
- Ludwigia octovalvis
- Ludwigia palustris
- Ludwigia peploides
- Ludwigia peruviana
- Ludwigia pilosa
- Ludwigia polycarpa
- Ludwigia ravenii
- Ludwigia repens
- Ludwigia sedioides
- Ludwigia simpsonii
- Ludwigia spathulata
- Ludwigia sphaerocarpa
- Ludwigia suffruticosa
- Ludwigia virgata
References
- ^ Vol. II. - Caclyciflorae. Vol. 2. Rivington. 1832. p. 696.
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- ^ Angiosperm Fruits and Seeds from the Middle Miocene of Jutland (Denmark) by Else Marie Friis, The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters 24:3, 1985
- ^ NCBI taxonomy- Reviewed 2017-11-25
- Wagner, W. L., Hoch, P. C., & Raven, P. H. (2007). Revised classification of the Onagraceae. Systematic Botany Monographs, 83.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ludwigia.
- Dressler, S.; Schmidt, M. & Zizka, G. (2014). "Ludwigia". African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.
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