Class
Order
Family
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
- Hydrocotyle bonariensis
- Hydrocotyle bowlesioides
- Hydrocotyle dissecta
- Hydrocotyle elongata
- Hydrocotyle heteromeria
- Hydrocotyle hydrophila
- Hydrocotyle leucocephala
- Hydrocotyle microphylla
- Hydrocotyle moschata
- Hydrocotyle novae-zeelandiae
- Hydrocotyle pterocarpa
- Hydrocotyle robusta
- Hydrocotyle sulcata
- Hydrocotyle tripartita
- Hydrocotyle verticillata
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Hydrocotyle L., Sp. Pl. 234 (1753)
Vernacular Name(s):
hydrocotyle; Pennywort
Description
Glabrous or hairy, annual or perennial herbs, creeping and rooting at nodes. Lvs simple, ± entire to serrate, crenate, or palmately lobed or palmately 3–5-foliolate, petiolate, stipulate. Umbels simple or with successive whorls of fls; bracteoles small or 0. Petals white or green, tinged yellow or pink, with apex entire, acute, and not inflexed; calyx teeth small or 0. Fr. strongly laterally flattened and narrowed to commissure; mericarps orbicular or ovate; dorsal ribs acute, furrowed or obsolete; lateral ribs slender, acute, furrowed, or rarely obsolete; vittae in primary ribs or 0.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Indigenous (Endemic) | 9 |
| Indigenous (Non-endemic) | 1 |
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 4 |
| Exotic: Casual | 1 |
| Total | 15 |
Bibliography
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
