Hydrocleys nymphoides
Species of aquatic plant / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hydrocleys nymphoides, the waterpoppy[2] or water-poppy,[3] 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.[1][4][5][6]
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Waterpoppy | |
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Hydrocleys nymphoides Curtis's Botanical Magazine (1833) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Alismatales |
Family: | Alismataceae |
Genus: | Hydrocleys |
Species: | H. nymphoides |
Binomial name | |
Hydrocleys nymphoides (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Buchenau | |
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