PLANTS Profile for Limnobium laevigatum (West Indian spongeplant)

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Limnobium laevigatum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Heine
West Indian spongeplant

Symbol:

LILA7

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Hydrocharitaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
PR		N

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Photo of Limnobium laevigatum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Heine

Jose Hernandez. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Saint Lucia. Usage Requirements.

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Limnobium laevigatum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Heine

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Synonyms:
Limnobium laevigatum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Heine

	HYLA11	Hydromystria laevigata (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Hunziker
	HYST	Hydromystria stolonifera G. Mey.
	LISPL	Limnobium spongia (Bosc) Rich. ex Steud. ssp. laevigatum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Lowden
	LIST4	Limnobium stoloniferum (G. Mey.) Griseb.
	SALA14	Salvinia laevigata Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.

Distribution:
Limnobium laevigatum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Heine


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USA (CA), USA+ (PR)

Related Taxa:
Limnobium laevigatum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Heine

View 14 genera in Hydrocharitaceae, 2 species in Limnobium

Classification:
Limnobium laevigatum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Heine

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Alismatidae
Order	Hydrocharitales
Family	Hydrocharitaceae – Tape-grass family
Genus	Limnobium Rich. – spongeplant
Species	Limnobium laevigatum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Heine – West Indian spongeplant

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Limnobium laevigatum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Heine

Limnobium stoloniferum:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Limnobium laevigatum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Heine

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 515935.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 05/19/2013 01:35 PM CDT