Taxon:  Ludwigia perennis L.



Summary
Genus:
Ludwigia
Family:
Onagraceae
Subfamily:
Ludwigioideae
Nomen number:
450183
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:119.  1753
Verified:
03/10/2011 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
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Jussiaea perennis (L.) Brenan

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Ludwigia parviflora Roxb.

Images (1 total. Click on image for more.)
Disseminule drawings\; A: Seed; B: embryo in situ; C: transection of seed

Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  2. Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960-. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
  3. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
  4. Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria. Australian plant census (APC) (on-line resource).
  5. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
  6. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
  7. George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia.
  8. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
  9. Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
  10. Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: Eritrea added in 2000
  11. Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
  12. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
  13. Rao, A. N. et al. 2007. Weed management in direct-seeded rice. Advances Agron. 93:172. Note: San Diego, CA
  14. Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
  15. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Transcribed Chinesexi hua ding xiang liao  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaChad  Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaBotswana  Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaEswatini  Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaBurkina Faso  Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaCôte D'Ivoire  Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMali  Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSenegal  Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo  Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar  Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaFujian Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangdong Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHainan Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJiangxi Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanHonshu Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBangladesh  Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBhutan  Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaCambodia  Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960-. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaLaos  Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960-. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960-. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960-. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaJawa Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960-. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaLesser Sunda Islands Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960-. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaSumatera Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960-. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960-. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNorthern Territory George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia.
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia.
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaWestern Australia George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia.
1NativePacificSouthwestern PacificNew Caledonia  Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
4NaturalizedAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: Eritrea added in 2000
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Sudan, Chad
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Burkina Faso, Côte D'Ivoire, Mali, Senegal
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Eswatini
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Fujian Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Hainan Sheng, Jiangxi Sheng, Yunnan Sheng]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan [Honshu], Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan
  • INDO-CHINA: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Indonesia [Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Sumatera], Malaysia, Philippines
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Queensland, Western Australia, Northern Territory]
Pacific
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: New Caledonia
Naturalized
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia

Reference(s)
  1. Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960-. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
  2. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
  3. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
  4. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
  5. George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia.
  6. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
  7. Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
  8. Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: Eritrea added in 2000
  9. Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
  10. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
  11. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
  12. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
  13. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Weed in riceRao, A. N. et al. 2007. Weed management in direct-seeded rice. Advances Agron. 93:172. Note: San Diego, CA
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=450183. Accessed 11 May 2026.