Genus: Ludwigia

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Rosids > Eurosid II > Order: Myrtales > Family: Onagraceae

Eighty-five species worldwide (mainly South America), with eight species native to southern Africa, one that is naturalised, and a further species that is cultivated in the region.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI) and Flora of Zimbabwe.

Ludwigia abyssinica
Ludwigia adscendens [= Ludwigia stolonifera]
Ludwigia erecta
Ludwigia leptocarpa
Ludwigia octovalvis
Ludwigia palustris
Ludwigia perennis
Ludwigia senegalensis

 

Species naturalised in southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).

Ludwigia polycarpaea

Other species, cultivated in southern Africa

Herbivores

Links

• Ludwigia (Wikipedia)

Publications

• Goldblatt, P. & Raven, P.H. 1997. FSA contributions 9: Onagraceae. Bothalia 27: 149-165.

• Raven, P.H. 1963. The Old World species of Ludwigia (including Jussiaea), with a synopsis of the genus (Onagraceae). Reinwardtia 6: 327-427.