Hydrocleys nymphoides (Cultivated)

Hydrocleys nymphoides (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Buchenau, Abh. Naturwiss. Vereins Bremen 2: 2 1871. (syn: Hydrocleys azurea Schult.f.; Hydrocleys commersonii Rich.; Hydrocleys humboldtii (Rich.) Endl. [Illegitimate]; Limnocharis commersonii (Rich.) Spreng.; Limnocharis humboldtii Rich. [Illegitimate]; Limnocharis nymphoides (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Micheli; Sagittaria ranunculoides Vell.; Stratiotes nymphoides Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.; Vespuccia humboldtii (Rich.) Parl.);

Trop. America (as per WCSP);

Argentina Northeast; Argentina Northwest; Bolivia; Brazil North; Brazil
Northeast; Brazil South; Brazil Southeast; Brazil West-Central; Colombia;
Ecuador; Fiji; Florida; Guatemala; Guyana; Netherlands Antilles; New Caledonia;
New Zealand North; Norfolk Is.; Panam; Paraguay; Puerto Rico; Queensland;
Society Is.; Suriname; Texas; Trinidad-Tobago; Venezuela; Victoria as per Catalogue of Life;

Hydrocleys nymphoides, the waterpoppy^[2] or water-poppy,^[3] is an aquatic plant species in the Alismataceae. It is widespread across South America, Central America, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and the Netherlands Antilles. It is cultivated in many places for used in decorative ponds and artificial aquatic habitats, and naturalized in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Fiji, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Florida, Louisiana and Texas.^[1]^[4]^[5]^[6]