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Species
Ludwigia grandiflora (Michx.) Greuter & Burdet, 1987
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United States
Origin: Exotic
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Present
Confidence: Confident
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Depth range based on 4 specimens in 1 taxon.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 1 - 1
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United States
Rounded National Status Rank: NNR - Unranked
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Rounded Global Status Rank: GU - Unrankable
Reasons: There is some uncertainty over the native range of Ludwigia grandiflora.
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Ludwigia hexapetala, the water primrose, is a herbaceous perennial plant of the family Onagraceae. Native to Central and South America, its habitat includes the margins of lakes, ponds, ditches, and streams. Its stems may be immersed or fully emergent. It is a noxious invader of aquatic ecosystems in North America.
This flower is recognized as a dicotyledonous, or dicot, plant, which entails that it has two cotyledons, or seed-leaves. The characteristics of dicots include:
- Netted veins
- Ringed vascular bundles
- Floral components in multiples of four and five
Habitat[edit]
Ludwigia hexapetala is native to Latin America. It occurs naturally in swampier regions, such as those of lakes, ponds, and other areas of low intensity/stagnant water. It grows in mats of up to three feet tall, and in doing so, it crowds and/or shades out the other, more native species. The plant is known to inhabit the Southeast United States, Midwest United States, Pacific Coast, and parts of New England
External resources[edit]
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- http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/plants/plantid2/descriptions/ludhex.html
- http://www.nwcb.wa.gov/weed_info/Written_findings/Ludwigia_hexapetala.html
- http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LUPE5
- http://www.patentlens.net/daisy/AgroTran/g8/821.html
- http://www.fairchildgarden.org/uploads/docs/Education/Downloadable_teaching_modules/plant%20kingdom/monocot%20and%20dicot%20characteristics%20handout.pdf
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Comments: Ludwigia grandiflora was recently (Zardini et al., 1991; 1992) delineated as a distinct species from the Ludwigia uruguanyensis species complex. Ludwigia hexapetala was also similarly delineated but has since been synonymized with Ludwigia grandiflora.
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