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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Hygrophila

Hierarchical position of the Genus Hygrophila

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Lamiidae Takht. ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 74: 178. 25 Mar 1993.       SuperOrdo  Lamianae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 405. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Lamiales Bromhead pub. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 2, 2: 210. Apr 1838.       Subordo  Acanthineae Engl. pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 186. Mai 1898.       Familia  Acanthaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 102. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Acanthus       Tribus  Hygrophileae (Nees) Nees in Mart. pub. Fl. Bras. 9: 7, 19. 1 Jun 1847.       Subtribus  Hygrophilinae Nees in Wall. pub. Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 75. 15 Aug 1832.       Genus  Hygrophila R. Br. pub. (1810) common name: swampweed

Named members of the Genus Hygrophila

1	Species  brasiliensis (Spreng.) Lindau syn. Hygrophila costata
2	Species  corymbosa (Blume) Lindau common name: starhorn
3	Species  costata Nees common name: yerba de hicotea  (Mexico)
4	Species  lacustris (Schlecht. & Cham.) Nees common name: gulf swampweed
5	Species  polysperma (Roxb.) T. Anders. common name: Indian swampweed
6	Species  portoricensis Nees syn. Hygrophila costata
7	Species  triflora (Roxburg) F.R. Fosberg & M.-H. Sachet common name: hygrophila

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.