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Jalambicea

American frogbit
Limnobium laevigatum.JPG
Limnobium laevigatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Hydrocharitaceae
Subfamily: Hydrocharitoideae
Genus: Limnobium
Rich. 1814 not Schimp. 1853 (syn of Hygrohypnum in , a bryophyte)
Synonyms
  • Hydromystria G.Mey.
  • Jalambicea (Cerv.) Cerv.
  • Rhizakenia Raf.
  • Trianea H.Karst.
  • Hydrocharella Spruce ex Benth. & Hook.f.

Limnobium, common names spongeplant and American frogbit, is a group of aquatic plants in the Hydrocharitaceae described as a genus in 1814. It is widespread in freshwater environments in Latin America, the West Indies, and the United States.


Limnobium dubium (Blume) Shäffer-Fehre - Hydrocharis dubia (Blume) Backer


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