| Frogbit | |
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| Hydrocharis morsus-ranae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Hydrocharitaceae |
| Subfamily: | Hydrocharitoideae |
| Genus: | Hydrocharis L. |
| Type species | |
| Hydrocharis morsus-ranae | |
| Synonyms1 | |
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Hydrocharis is a genus of aquatic plants in the family Hydrocharitaceae described as a genus by Carl Linnaeus in 1753.23 Species range across much of Europe and Asia, northwestern and central Africa, New Guinea, and the Americas from the eastern and central United States to Argentina and Chile.1456 Species are naturalized in parts of California, northeastern North America, southern tropical Africa, and Australia.1789
The best known species is Hydrocharis morsus-ranae, commonly called common frogbit or European frog's-bit, and occasionally water-poppy.
Species
Five species are accepted.1
- Hydrocharis chevalieri (De Wild.) Dandy – Benin, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Hydrocharis dubia (Blume) Backer – Primorsky Krai, China, Japan, Korea, Indian subcontinent, SE Asia, New Guinea
- Hydrocharis laevigata (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Byng & Christenh. – smooth or South American frogbit; Mexico through Central and South America to Argentina and Chile
- Hydrocharis morsus-ranae L. – common or European frogbit; Europe, Siberia, North Africa, Turkey, Caucasus, Kazakhstan
- Hydrocharis spongia Bosc – American frogbit; central and eastern United States
References
References
- "Hydrocharis L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 1036 in Latin
- "Tropicos | Name - !Hydrocharis L." www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
- "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Archived from the original on 2020-08-03. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
- "Hydrocharis morsus-ranae [Morso di rana]". luirig.altervista.org (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-01-31.
- "Hydrocharis in Flora of China @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
- "Hydrocharis in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
- Cook, C. D. K. and R. Lüönd. 1982. A revision of the genus Hydrocharis (Hydrocharitaceae). Aquatic Botany 14: 177--204.
- Roberts, M. L., R. L. Stuckey, and R. S. Mitchell. 1981. Hydrocharis morsus-ranae (Hydrocharitaceae) new to the United States. Rhodora 83: 147--148.