Taxon: Ludwigia peruviana (L.) H. Hara

• the 3 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

CAª.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Common names:

• Peruvian primrosebush   (Source: Noxweed Aust ) – English
  
• primrose-willow   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• water-primrose   (Source: Noxweed Aust ) – English
  
• videludwigia   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard)
  
• Weed   (fide Noxweed Aust)
  

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Southern Mexico: Mexico - Chiapas, Oaxaca, Veracruz
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: Cayman Islands; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Haiti; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Trinidad and Tobago - Trinidad
  Mesoamerica: Belize; Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama
  Northern South America: Venezuela
  Brazil: Brazil
  Western South America: Bolivia; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru
  Southern South America: Argentina - Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, Tucuman; Chile [c.]; Paraguay; Uruguay

• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India; Sri Lanka
  Malesia: Indonesia; Malaysia
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  United States [s.e.]

• also cultivated

References:

• Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica.
• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45.
• Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980–. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
• Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973–. Flora of Ecuador.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
• Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75.
• Kahn, F. et al. 1993. Las plantas vasculares en las aguas continentales del Peru. IFEA, Lima, Peru.
• Liogier, A. H. 1981–. Flora of Hispaniola: Part 1; La Flora de la Española. Part II-.
• Liogier, H. A. 1984–. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands.
• Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. 1992. Noxious weeds of Australia.
• Ramamoorthy, T. P. & E. M. Zardini. 1987. The systematics and evolution of Ludwigia sect. Myrtocarpus sensu lato (Onagraceae). Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 19:29–37.
• Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. 1995–. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Ludwigia peruviana.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Ludwigia peruviana.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Ludwigia peruviana.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Jussiaea peruviana L. (basionym)
  (previously associated with 3 accessions)

Check other web resources for Ludwigia peruviana (L.) H. Hara:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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