Hydrocharis
Genus of aquatic plants
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Hydrocharis is a genus of aquatic plants in the family Hydrocharitaceae described as a genus by Carl Linnaeus in 1753.[2][3] Species range across much of Europe and Asia, northwestern and central Africa, New Guinea, and the Americas from the eastern and central United States to Argentina and Chile.[1][4][5][6] Species are naturalized in parts of California, northeastern North America, southern tropical Africa, and Australia.[1][7][8][9]
| Frogbit | |
|---|---|
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| Hydrocharis morsus-ranae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Hydrocharitaceae |
| Subfamily: | Hydrocharitoideae |
| Genus: | Hydrocharis L. |
| Type species | |
| Hydrocharis morsus-ranae | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The best known species is Hydrocharis morsus-ranae, commonly called common frogbit or European frog's-bit, and occasionally water-poppy.
Species
Five species are accepted.[1]
- Hydrocharis chevalieri (De Wild.) Dandy – Benin, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Hydrocharis dubia (Blume) Backer – Primorsky Krai, China, Japan, Korea, Indian subcontinent, SE Asia, New Guinea
- Hydrocharis laevigata (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Byng & Christenh. – smooth or South American frogbit; Mexico through Central and South America to Argentina and Chile
- Hydrocharis morsus-ranae L. – common or European frogbit; Europe, Siberia, North Africa, Turkey, Caucasus, Kazakhstan
- Hydrocharis spongia Bosc – American frogbit; central and eastern United States
