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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Seed

Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. University of Georgia Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health
  2. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  3. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
  4. Dubs, B. 1998. Prodromus florae matogrossensis. Botany of Mato Grosso, series B, no. 3. Note: = Limnobium spongia subsp. laevigatum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Lowden
  5. Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973-. Flora of Ecuador.
  6. Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. National Plant Board. 2008-. National Plant Board federal and state quarantine summaries
  10. Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. 1995-. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Note: Missouri Botanical Garden & Timber Press
  11. 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
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishSouth American spongeplant http://nationalplantboard.org/docs/summaries/california.pdf1National Plant Board. 2008-. National Plant Board federal and state quarantine summaries
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
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 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
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaChaco 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
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaCorrientes 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
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaEntre Ríos 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
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaFormosa 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
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaSalta 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
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaSanta Fe 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
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaTucumán 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
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaChile n. 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaParaguay   
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaUruguay  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
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombia   
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuador  Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeru  Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
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

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. Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
  3. 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
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. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=419808. Accessed 12 May 2026.