Hydrocleys nymphoides

waterpoppy

Hydrocleys nymphoides Curtis's Botanical Magazine (1833)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Alismatales
Family:	Alismataceae
Genus:	Hydrocleys
Species:	H. nymphoides
Binomial name
*Hydrocleys nymphoides* (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Buchenau
Synonyms
Stratiotes nymphoides Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. Limnocharis humboldtii Rich. Hydrocleys humboldtii (Rich.) Endl. Vespuccia humboldtii (Rich.) Parl. Limnocharis nymphoides (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Micheli in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle Hydrocleys commersonii Rich. Vespuccia americana C.Colón Limnocharis commersonii (Rich.) Spreng. Sagittaria ranunculoides Vell. Hydrocleys azurea Schult.f. in C.F.P.von Martius

Hydrocleys nymphoides, the waterpoppy or water-poppy, 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.

Flower of Hydrocleys nymphoides