Taxon: Limnobium spongia (Bosc) Rich. ex Steud.

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, PRª.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Common names:

• American spongeplant   (Source: Atlas Florida ) – English
  
• frog's-bit   (Source: Atlas Florida ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

      Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - New York [w.]
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois [s.], Missouri [s.e.], Oklahoma [s.e.]
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky [w.], Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina [e.], South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas

References:

• Crow, G. E. & C. B. Hellquist. 2000. Aquatic and wetland plants of northeastern North America, 2 vol. (Aquat NE NAmer)
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
• Godfrey, R. K. & J. W. Wooten. 1979–1981. Aquatic and wetland plants of southeastern United States, 2 vol. (Aquat SE US)
• Lowden, R. M. 1992. Floral variation and taxonomy of Limnobium L. C. Richard (Hydrocharitaceae). Rhodora 94:126.
• Wunderlin, R. & B. Hansen. Atlas of Florida vascular plants - on-line version. (Atlas Florida)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Limnobium spongia.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Limnobium spongia. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Hydrocharis spongia Bosc (basionym)
  

Check other databases for Limnobium spongia (Bosc) Rich. ex Steud.:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• 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.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Images 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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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?419810 (09 February 2010)

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