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The genus Ludwigia is in the family Onagraceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Ludwigia

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Ludwigia abyssinica A.Rich.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia adscendens (L.) H.Hara	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	1
Ludwigia affinis (DC.) H.Hara	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia africana (Brenan) H.Hara	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia alata Elliott	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia albiflora Ramamoorthy	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia alternifolia L.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia anastomosans (DC.) H. Hara	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia apetala Walter	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia arcuata Walter	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia ascendens Hall in Eat. & Wr.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia aurantiaca Raf.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia bertonii H.Lév.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia bonariensis (Micheli) H. Hara	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia brachycarpa DC.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia brachyphylla (Micheli) H. Hara	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia brenanii H.Hara	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia brevipes (Long) Eames	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia bullata (Hassl.) H. Hara	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia burchellii (Micheli) H.Hara	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia caparosa (Cambess.) H. Hara	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia capitata Michx.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia clavellina M. Gómez	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia curtissii Chapm.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia decurrens Walter	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia densiflora (Micheli) H.Hara	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia didymosperma (H. Perrier) H. Hara	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia dodecandra (DC.) Zardini & P.H. Raven	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia elegans (Cambess.) H.Hara	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia epilobioides Maxim.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia erecta (L.) H.Hara	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia erigata L.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia filiformis (Micheli) Ramamoorthy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia fluitans Scheele	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia foliobracteolata (Munz) H.Hara	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia foliosa (C.Wright ex Griseb.) M.Gómez	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia glandulosa Walter	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18	1
Ludwigia gracilis Miq.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia grandiflora (Michx.) Greuter & Burdet	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18	1
Ludwigia hassleriana (Chodat) Ramamoorthy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia helminthorrhiza (Mart.) H.Hara	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia hexapetala (Hook. & Arn.) Zardini, H.Y. Gu & P.H. Raven	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia hirtella Raf.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia hookeri (Micheli) H. Hara	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia humbertii Robyns & Lawalrée	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia hyssopifolia (G.Don) Exell	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia inclinata (L.f.) M.Gómez	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia irwinii Ramamoorthy	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia juncea Raf.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia jussiaeoides Desr.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia × kentiana E.J.Clement	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia lacustris Eames	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia lagunae (Morong) H. Hara	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia lanceolata Elliott	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia laruotteana (Cambess.) H. Hara	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia latifolia (Benth.) H.Hara	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia leptocarpa (Nutt.) H.Hara	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	1
Ludwigia leucorhiza Blume	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia linearis Walter	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia linifolia Poir.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia longifolia (DC.) H.Hara	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia lutea Bosc ex DC.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia lythroides Blume	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia macrocarpa Michx.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia major (Micheli) Ramamoorthy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia maritima R.M. Harper	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia martii (Micheli) Ramamoorthy	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia mexiae (Munz) H. Hara	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia micrantha (Kunze) H.Hara	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia microcarpa Michx.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia mullertii Mullert	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia multinervia (Hook. & Arn.) Ramamoorthy	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia myrtifolia (Cambess.) H. Hara	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia natans Elliott	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18	1
Ludwigia neograndiflora (Munz) H. Hara	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia nervosa (Poir.) H.Hara	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia nesaeoides Perrier de la Bathie	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia nitida Michx.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia octovalvis (Jacq.) P.H.Raven	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	2
Ludwigia oppositifolia L.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia ovalis Miq.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia palustris (L.) Elliott	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia pedunculosa Michx.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia peploides (Kunth) P.H.Raven	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	3
Ludwigia perennis L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia permollis W.P.C.Barton	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia peruviana (L.) H.Hara	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia pilosa Walter	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia polycarpa Short & R. Peter	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia potamogeton (Micheli) H. Hara	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia prostrata Roxb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia pruinosa Raf.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia pseudonarcissus (Chodat & Hassl.) Ramamoorthy	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia quadrangularis (Micheli) H.Hara	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia ramosa Willd.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia ramosissima Roth	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia ramosissima Walter	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia ravenii C. I Peng	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia repens J.R. Forst.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia rigida (Miq.) Sandwith	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia salicifolia Poir.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia sedioides (Humb. & Bonpl.) H.Hara	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia senegalensis (DC.) Troch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia sericea (Cambess.) H.Hara	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia simpsonii Chapm.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia × simulata Small	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia spathulata Torr. & A. Gray	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia speciosa (Brenan) Hoch, Goldblatt & P.H. Raven	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia sphaerocarpa Elliott	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia stagnatilis Hance	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia stenorraphe (Brenan) H.Hara	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	2
Ludwigia stricta (C. Wright ex Griseb.) C. Wright	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia subtriflora Steud.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia suffruticosa Walter	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia swartziana Baill. ex Laness.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia × taiwanensis C. I Peng	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia taiwanensis Peng	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia tepicana M.E. Jones	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia tomentosa (Cambess.) H. Hara	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia torulosa (Arn.) H.Hara	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia triflora Desr.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia trifolia Burm.f.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia tuberosa Raf.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia uruguayensis (Cambess.) H.Hara	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ludwigia vervosa Hara	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia virgata Michx.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ludwigia zeylanica Pers.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 341 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Ludwigia. Of these 91 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 162 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Ludwigia. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 341 species names for the genus Ludwigia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	91	26.7%
◕	Synonym	208	61.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	42	12.3%

All names

The status of the 503 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Ludwigia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	103	20.5%
◕	Synonym	358	71.2%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	42	8.3%

Of the species names,

• 2 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 341 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Ludwigia, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	91	208	0	0	299	87.7%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	42	42	12.3%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Ludwigia is as follows: