Code
HYDBO
Growth form
Broadleaf
Biological cycle
vivacious
Habitat
marshland
synonym | Hydrocotyle bonariensis var. multiflora (Lam.) Don |
synonym | Hydrocotyle bonariensis var. multiflora (Ruiz & Pav.) G.Don |
synonym | Hydrocotyle bonariensis var. texana J.M. Coult. & Rose |
synonym | Hydrocotyle bonariensis var. tribotrys (Ruiz & Pav.) DC. |
synonym | Hydrocotyle multiflora Ruiz & Pav. |
synonym | Hydrocotyle pelviformis Gand. |
synonym | Hydrocotyle petiolaris A.Rich. |
synonym | Hydrocotyle petiolaris DC. |
synonym | Hydrocotyle polystachya var. quinqueradiata Thouars ex A. Rich. |
synonym | Hydrocotyle tribotrys Ruiz & Pav. |
synonym | Hydrocotyle umbellata var. bonariensis (Comm. ex Lam.) Spreng. |
synonym | Hydrocotyle umbellata var. bonariensis (Lam.) Spreng. |
synonym | Hydrocotyle verticillata var. bonariensis (Lam.) Urb. |
synonym | Hydrocotyle verticillata var. triradiata (A.Rich.) Fernald |
synonym | Hydrocotyle vestita var. triradiata (A.Rich.) Fernald |
synonym | Hydrocotyle yucatanensis Millsp. |
Créole Maurice |
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Créole Réunion |
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Spanish; Castilian |
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Global description
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Brazil: In tropical and subtropical regions, Hydrocotyle bonariensis flowers and bears fruit all year round.
Nicaragua : Hydrocotyle bonariensis flowers and fruits all year round.
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Hydrocotyle bonariensis is a vivacious plant that multiplies abundantly vegetatively by stolons and its creeping stems that take roots at each node. It also produces viable seed. In tropical climate, it can bloom all year round.
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Brazil: Hydrocotyle bonariensis grows in lawns and gardens, mainly in coastal regions. It tolerates some soil salinity. It prefers diffuse light or semi-shade for part of the day.
Comoros: Hydrocotyle bonariensis is absent.
Madagascar: H. bonariensis is a weed pretty common everywhere, present in cool and humid places: it settles in shallow water canals and in swampy areas, and in poorly maintained rice fields.
Mauritius: A species of humid regions where it can be abundant, especially along streams and in ditches.
Reunion: Species of humid marshland and the banks of irrigation canals and streams. It can tolerate some salinity environments and grow near the lagoons.
Seychelles: absent.
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Origin
Hydrocotyle bonariensis is native to Central America and South America
Worldwide distribution
This species has been introduced in Western Europe (France, Italy, Spain, Portugal), in West Africa, South Africa and in the Indian Ocean (La Réunion, Mauritius, Madagascar), in South Australia -is and in New Zealand.
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Local harmfulness
Brazil: Hydrocotyle bonariensis is a weed of lawns and gardens, but is not present in crops.
Comoros: Hydrocotyle bonariensis is absent.
Madagascar: H. bonariensis is a relatively infrequent weed and rarely abundant in rice fields. The infestation of irrigation canals can be a problem.
Mauritius: A weed of sugarcane and vegetable crops. It is easily spread by creeping stems and becomes troublesome in the cultures, forming a continuous and very dense mat. It is of medium harmfulness.
Reunion: This species is not identified in culture.
Seychelles: absent.
Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Herbarium pictures ReCOLNAT: https://explore.recolnat.org/search/botanique/simplequery=Hydrocotyle%2520bonariensis
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Apiales |
Family | Apiaceae |
Genus | Hydrocotyle |
Species | Hydrocotyle bonariensis Comm. ex Lam. |