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Ludwigia (primrose-willow, water-purslane, or water-primrose) is a genus of about 82 species of aquatic plants with a cosmopolitan but mainly tropical distribution. Currently (2023), there is much debate among botanists and plant taxonomists as to the classification of many Ludwigia species.
Ludwigia peploides is a species of flowering plant in the evening primrose family known by the common names floating primrose-willow and creeping water primrose. It is native to Australia, North America, and South America, but it can be found on many continents and spreads easily to become naturalized .
Ludwigia octovalvis is a species of flowering plant in the Onagraceae family known by the common name Mexican primrose-willow. [2] Its native distribution is unclear, but can be found in Central America, Australia, South-East Asia, Tamilnadu (IND), the Middle East, the Central-West African regions and spreads easily to become naturalized. [3]
Ludwigia peruviana, with the common names Peruvian primrose-willow [2] or Peruvian water primrose, is an aquatic, sometimes deciduous species of flowering plant in the evening primrose family. It can grow to approximately 12 feet (3.7 m) in height.
Ludwigia alternifolia, commonly known as seedbox, [4] bushy seedbox, [2] rattlebox, [5] and square-pod water-primrose, [6] is a herbaceous perennial plant of the family Onagraceae (evening primrose family). [7] It is native to central and eastern North America, growing in marshes, wet meadows, and swamps.
Ludwigia hyssopifolia, called seedbox and linear leaf water primrose, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Ludwigia, native to the New World Tropics and widely introduced to the rest of the world's tropics. [2] A serious weed of rice paddies, a single plant can produce 250,000 seeds. [3]
Ludwigia grandiflora, the water primrose, is an aquatic plant of the order Myrtales. [2]It is closely related and easily confused with Ludwigia hexapetala. [3] The two species can be distinguished at a chromosomal level, because L. grandiflora is hexaploid and L. hexapetala is decaploid. [4]
Ludwigia sedioides, commonly known as mosaic flower and false loosestrife, is a herbaceous perennial plant of the family Onagraceae. It has yellow flowers that bloom from June to August. Native to Brazil and Venezuela , its habitat includes wet, swampy localities.