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Limnobium laevigatum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Heine (Adansonia ser. 2, 8: 315. 1968) Localities: West Indies (native), Lesser Antilles (native) [Antigua, Martinique, Monserrat, St. Lucia, ], Greater Antilles [ Cuba (native), Hispaniola (native)[], Puerto Rico (native)[], ], North America (Mexico), Mexico (native), Central America (native), South America (native), Old World (exotic), Common Names: Cuchara (Puerto Rico), Synonyms: Hydromystria laevigata (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Hunz. (Lorentzia 4: 5. 1981.), Hydromystria stolonifera G. Mey. (in E. Meyer, Prim. Fl. Esseq. 153. 1818.), Limnobium spongia (Bosc.) Steud. subsp. laevigatum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Lowden (Rhodora 94: 129. 1992.), Limnobium stoloniferum (G. Mey.) Griseb. (Fl. Brit. W. I. 506. 1862.), Salvinia laevigata Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. (Sp. Pl. 5: 537. 1810), Citations:1). Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. and M.T. Strong. 2005. Monocots and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 52: 1-415. 2). Barker, H.D. and W.S. Dardeau. 1930. La Flore d'Haiti. Port-au-Prince. 456 pp. 3). Britton, N.L. and P. Wilson. 1923-1926. Botany of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. New York Academy of Sciences, New York. 4). Flora of Trinidad and Tobago: This flora was published in many parts with many authors. There is no overall editor. R. O. Williams was author of the first treatment and of many others. 5). Howard, R.A. 1974-1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Vols. 1-6. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 6). León, F., 1946; León, F. and H. Alain, 1951-1957. Flora de Cuba. Habana. 7). Otero, J.I., R.A. Toro and Pagán de Otero. 1945. Catalogo de los nombres vulgares y científicos de algunas plantas puertorriqueñas. 2nd. ed. Universidad de Puerto Rico. 8). Urban, I. 1898-1928. Symbolae Antillanae, Vol. 1-9. Berlin, Leipzig, Germany. 9). Urquiola Cruz, A.J. and V. Pérez Henández. 2009. Hydrocharitaceae. Flora de la República de Cuba, Serie A, Plantas Vasculares. Fasc. 15(7): 1-24. 10). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 2008. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Website: apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do Last edited 02 Dec 10 |