Hydrocharis

Frogbit
Hydrocharis morsus-ranae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Alismatales
Family:	Hydrocharitaceae
Subfamily:	Hydrocharitoideae
Genus:	Hydrocharis L.
Type species
Hydrocharis morsus-ranae L.
Synonyms [1]
HydrocharellaSpruce ex Benth. & Hook.f. HydromystriaG.Mey. Jalambicea(Cerv.) Cerv. LimnobiumRich. RhizakeniaRaf. TrianeaH.Karst.

Hydrocharis is a genus of aquatic plants in the family Hydrocharitaceae described as a genus by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. ^{[2] [3]} Species range across much of Europe and Asia, northwestern and central Africa, New Guinea, and the Americas from the eastern and central United States to Argentina and Chile. ^{[1] [4] [5] [6]} Species are naturalized in parts of California, northeastern North America, southern tropical Africa, and Australia. ^{[1] [7] [8] [9]}

The best known species is Hydrocharis morsus-ranae , commonly called common frogbit or European frog's-bit, and occasionally water-poppy.

Species

Five species are accepted. ^[1]

• Hydrocharis chevalieri (De Wild.) Dandy – Benin, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Hydrocharis dubia (Blume) Backer – Primorsky Krai, China, Japan, Korea, Indian subcontinent, SE Asia, New Guinea
• Hydrocharis laevigata (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Byng & Christenh. – smooth or South American frogbit; Mexico through Central and South America to Argentina and Chile
• Hydrocharis morsus-ranae L. – common or European frogbit; Europe, Siberia, North Africa, Turkey, Caucasus, Kazakhstan
• Hydrocharis spongia Bosc – American frogbit; central and eastern United States

References

1. "Hydrocharis L." Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 25 May 2025.
2. Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 1036 in Latin
3. "Tropicos | Name - !Hydrocharis L." www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
4. "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Archived from the original on 2020-08-03. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
5. "Hydrocharis morsus-ranae [Morso di rana]". luirig.altervista.org (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-01-31.
6. "Hydrocharis in Flora of China @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
7. "Hydrocharis in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
8. Cook, C. D. K. and R. Lüönd. 1982. A revision of the genus Hydrocharis (Hydrocharitaceae). Aquatic Botany 14: 177--204.
9. Roberts, M. L., R. L. Stuckey, and R. S. Mitchell. 1981. Hydrocharis morsus-ranae (Hydrocharitaceae) new to the United States. Rhodora 83: 147--148.

External links

• Data related to Hydrocharis at Wikispecies