Limnobium Explained

Limnobium, common names spongeplant and American frogbit, is a group of aquatic plants in the Hydrocharitaceae described as a genus in 1814.^{[1] [2]} It is widespread in freshwater environments in Latin America, the West Indies, and the United States.^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

Species

1. Limnobium laevigatum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Heine - Mexico, Central and South America, West Indies
2. Limnobium spongia (Bosc) Steud. - USA (Lower Mississippi Valley, Southern Coastal Plain from TX to DE; occasionally elsewhere as a waif)^[8]

Formerly included

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

Notes and References

1. Richard, Louis Claude Marie. 1814. Mémoires de la Classe des Sciences Mathématiques et Physiques de L'Institut National de France 12(2): 66
2. Web site: Tropicos Name - Limnobium Rich.. www.tropicos.org. 2017-01-31.
3. Web site: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. apps.kew.org. en-GB. 2017-01-31.
4. Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1958. Hydrocharitaceae. In Standley, P.C. & Steyermark, J.A. (Eds), Flora of Guatemala - Part I. Fieldiana, Botany 24(1): 84–86.
5. Cook, C. D. K., and K. Urmi-König. 1983. A revision of the genus Limnobium including Hydromystria (Hydrocharitaceae). Aquatic Botany 17: 1--27.
6. Hunziker, A. T. 1981. Hydromystria laevigata (Hydrocharitaceae) en el centro de Argentina. Lorentzia 4: 5--8.
7. Web site: Limnobium spongia in Flora of North America @ efloras.org. www.efloras.org. 2017-01-31.
8. http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Limnobium%20spongia.png Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map