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



Summary
Genus:
Limnobium
Subfamily:
Hydrocharitoideae
Nomen number:
419808
Place of publication:
Adansonia sér. 2, 8:315. 1968
Verified:
01/30/2002 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Salvinia laevigata Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Hydromystria laevigata (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Hunz.
Limnobium spongia (Bosc) Rich. ex Steud. subsp. laevigatum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Lowden

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Hydromystria stolonifera G. Mey.
Limnobium stoloniferum (G. Mey.) Griseb.
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Reference(s)
  1. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
  2. Dubs, B. 1998. Prodromus florae matogrossensis. Botany of Mato Grosso, series B, no. 3. Note: = Limnobium spongia subsp. laevigatum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Lowden
  3. Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973-. Flora of Ecuador.
  4. Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
  5. Lot, A. et al. 1999. Catálogo de angiospermas acuáticas de México . Cuad. Inst. Biol. 33:29. Note: = Hydromystria laevigata (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Díaz-Miranda & Philcox
  6. Lowden, R. M. 1992. Floral variation and taxonomy of Limnobium L. C. Richard (Hydrocharitaceae). Rhodora 94:129. Note: = Limnobium. spongia subsp. laevigatum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Lowden
  7. National Plant Board. 2008-. National Plant Board federal and state quarantine summaries
  8. Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. 1995-. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Note: Missouri Botanical Garden & Timber Press
  9. Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74. Note: = Limnobium spongia subsp. laevigatum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Lowden
Common names
English
South American spongeplant –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoCiudad de México 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoMéxico 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoMichoacán de Ocampo 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoMorelos 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoTabasco 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazil  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanAntigua and BarbudaAntigua 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCuba  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanDominican Republic  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanGuadeloupe  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanMartinique  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanMontserrat  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Lucia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanTrinidad and TobagoTrinidad 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanUnited StatesPuerto Rico 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaCosta Rica  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaEl Salvador  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaGuatemala  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaNicaragua  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaPanama  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaFrench Guiana  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaGuyana  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaSuriname  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuela n.
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaBuenos Aires 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaChaco 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaCorrientes 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaEntre Ríos 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaFormosa 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaSalta 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaSanta Fe 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaTucumán 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaChile n.
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaParaguay  
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaUruguay  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuador  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeru  
Native
Northern America
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Ciudad de México, México, Michoacán de Ocampo, Morelos, Tabasco]
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Antigua and Barbuda [Antigua], Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, St. Lucia, Montserrat, Martinique, Trinidad and Tobago [Trinidad], United States [Puerto Rico]
  • CENTRAL AMERICA: Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela (n.)
  • BRAZIL: Brazil
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina [Buenos Aires, Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Formosa, Salta, Santa Fe, Tucumán], Chile (n.), Paraguay, Uruguay
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Weed  National Plant Board. 2008-. National Plant Board federal and state quarantine summaries
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=419808. Accessed 23 May 2025.