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5793.000 Ludwigia
Description of the genus
Herbs or shrubs, usually growing in wet places. Stipules reduced or 0. Leaves alternate or opposite, mostly entire. Bracteoles conspicuous or 0, usually 2 at or near the base of the ovary. Hypanthium 0. Sepals 3-7, persistent in fruit. Petals yellow or 0. Fruit a capsule, dehiscing irregularly. Seeds without hairs. Worldwide: 82 species, cosmopolitan, but mostly America Caprivi: 8 cultivated taxa. The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
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Links to cultivated taxa View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Content |
| abyssinica A. Rich. | Description, Image |
| adscendens (L.) H. Hara | Image |
| adscendens (L.) H. Hara subsp. diffusa (Forssk.) P.H. Raven | Description, Image |
| leptocarpa (Nutt.) H. Hara | Description, Image |
| octovalvis (Jacq.) P.H.Raven[Agg] | |
| perennis L. | |
| stenorraphe (Brenan) H. Hara subsp. stenorraphe | |
| suffruticosa Walter |
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Flora of Botswana: LudwigiaFlora of Caprivi: Ludwigia
Flora of Malawi: Ludwigia
Flora of Mozambique: Ludwigia
Flora of Zambia: Ludwigia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Ludwigia
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): LudwigiaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Ludwigia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Ludwigia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Ludwigia
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iNaturalist: Ludwigia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Ludwigia
JSTOR Plant Science: Ludwigia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Ludwigia
Plants of the World Online: Ludwigia
Tropicos: Ludwigia
Wikipedia: Ludwigia
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