Hydrocleys nymphoides
| Waterpoppy | |
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| Hydrocleys nymphoides Curtis's Botanical Magazine (1833) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Alismataceae |
| Genus: | Hydrocleys |
| Species: | H. nymphoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Hydrocleys nymphoides (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Buchenau
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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]
Gallery
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References
- ^ a b "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Hydrocleys nymphoides". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-01-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
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- ^ Atlas of Living Australia
- ^ "Hydrocleys nymphoides | SANBI". www.sanbi.org. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
