American frogbit | |
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Limnobium laevigatum | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Monocots |
Order: | Alismatales |
Family: | Hydrocharitaceae |
Subfamily: | Hydrocharitoideae |
Genus: |
Limnobium Rich. 1814 not Schimp. 1853 (syn of Hygrohypnum in , a bryophyte) |
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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