Ludwigia Linnaeus. Subfamily: Jussiaeoideae. Seedbox, Water-primrose, Water-purslane.
A genus of about 82 species, herbs and shrubs, cosmopolitan.
ID notes: Many natural hybrids are known. Hybrids are generally recognizable from their intermediate morphology and usual association with their two parents. However some hybrids resemble one parent much more than the other, and some hybrids are found in populations independent (and even disjunct) from one or both parents. Allopolyploidy may have had a major role in the evolution of this genus, especially section Microcarpium, which has a majority of polyploid species.
Ref: Duke (1955); Eyde (1977); Eyde (1978); Eyde (1981); Harper (1904a); Hoch (2021a) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2021); Munz (1944); Munz (1965); Nesom & Kartesz (2000); Peng (1984); Peng (1986); Peng (1988); Peng (1989); Peng & Tobe (1987); Raven (1963); Raven & Tai (1979); Wagner, Hoch, & Raven (2007); Ward (2001); Ward (2012a); Zardini, Gu, & Raven (1991). Show full citations.
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© Gary P. Fleming | Ludwigia decurrens | Original Image ⭷
© Bruce A. Sorrie | Ludwigia alata | Original Image ⭷
© Gary P. Fleming | Ludwigia brevipes | Original Image ⭷
© Emily Oglesby | Ludwigia alternifolia | Original Image ⭷
© Richard & Teresa Ware | Ludwigia bonariensis CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
© Gary P. Fleming | Ludwigia leptocarpa | Original Image ⭷
© Aidan Campos | Ludwigia glandulosa source | Original Image ⭷
© Keith Bradley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Keith Bradley | Ludwigia ravenii source | Original Image ⭷
© Richard & Teresa Ware | Ludwigia hexapetala CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
© Gary P. Fleming | Ludwigia peploides var. glabrescens | Original Image ⭷
© Radford, Ahles and Bell | Ludwigia virgata | Original Image ⭷Feedback
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