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The genus Ludwigia is in the family Onagraceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Ludwigia

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Ludwigia abyssinica A.Rich.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ludwigia adscendens (L.) H. Hara	Accepted		TRO
Ludwigia affinis (DC.) H.Hara	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ludwigia africana (Brenan) H. Hara	Accepted		TRO
Ludwigia alata Elliott	Accepted		TRO
Ludwigia anastomosans (DC.) H. Hara	Accepted		TRO
Ludwigia bonariensis (Micheli) H. Hara	Accepted		TRO
Ludwigia brachyphylla (Micheli) H. Hara	Accepted		TRO
Ludwigia brevipes (Long) Eames	Accepted		TRO
Ludwigia bullata (Hassl.) H. Hara	Accepted		TRO
Ludwigia burchellii (Micheli) H. Hara	Accepted		TRO
Ludwigia caparosa (Cambess.) H. Hara	Accepted		TRO
Ludwigia clavellina M. Gómez	Accepted		TRO
Ludwigia curtissii Chapm.	Accepted		TRO
Ludwigia decurrens Walter	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ludwigia densiflora (Micheli) H.Hara	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ludwigia didymosperma (H. Perrier) H. Hara	Accepted		TRO
Ludwigia dodecandra (DC.) Zardini & P.H. Raven	Accepted		TRO
Ludwigia elegans (Cambess.) H.Hara	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ludwigia epilobioides Maxim.	Accepted		TRO
Ludwigia erecta (L.) H.Hara	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ludwigia filiformis (Micheli) Ramamoorthy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ludwigia foliobracteolata (Munz) H.Hara	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ludwigia grandiflora (Michx.) Greuter & Burdet	Accepted		TRO
Ludwigia hassleriana (Chodat) Ramamoorthy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ludwigia helminthorrhiza (Mart.) H.Hara	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ludwigia hexapetala (Hook. & Arn.) Zardini, H. Gu & P.H. Raven	Accepted		TRO
Ludwigia hookeri (Micheli) H. Hara	Accepted		TRO
Ludwigia hyssopifolia (G.Don) Exell	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ludwigia inclinata (L.f.) M.Gómez	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ludwigia irwinii Ramamoorthy	Accepted		TRO
Ludwigia lagunae (Morong) H. Hara	Accepted		TRO
Ludwigia lanceolata Elliott	Accepted		TRO
Ludwigia laruotteana (Cambess.) H. Hara	Accepted		TRO
Ludwigia latifolia (Benth.) H.Hara	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ludwigia leptocarpa (Nutt.) H.Hara	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ludwigia linearis Walter	Accepted		TRO
Ludwigia linifolia Poir.	Accepted		TRO
Ludwigia longifolia (DC.) H.Hara	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ludwigia major (Micheli) Ramamoorthy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ludwigia martii (Micheli) Ramamoorthy	Accepted		TRO
Ludwigia mexiae (Munz) H. Hara	Accepted		TRO
Ludwigia microcarpa Michx.	Accepted		TRO
Ludwigia multinervia (Hook. & Arn.) Ramamoorthy	Accepted		TRO
Ludwigia myrtifolia (Cambess.) H. Hara	Accepted		TRO
Ludwigia neograndiflora (Munz) H. Hara	Accepted		TRO
Ludwigia nervosa (Poir.) H.Hara	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ludwigia octovalvis (Jacq.) P.H.Raven	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ludwigia ovalis Miq.	Accepted		TRO
Ludwigia palustris (L.) Elliott	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ludwigia peploides (Kunth) P.H.Raven	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ludwigia perennis L.	Accepted		TRO
Ludwigia peruviana (L.) H.Hara	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ludwigia pilosa Walter	Accepted		TRO
Ludwigia polycarpa Short & Peter	Accepted		TRO
Ludwigia potamogeton (Micheli) H. Hara	Accepted		TRO
Ludwigia prieurea (Guill. & Perrault) Troch.	Accepted		TRO
Ludwigia prostrata Roxb.	Accepted		TRO
Ludwigia pseudonarcissus (Chodat & Hassl.) Ramamoorthy	Accepted		TRO
Ludwigia quadrangularis (Micheli) H.Hara	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ludwigia rigida (Miq.) Sandwith	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ludwigia sedioides (Humb. & Bonpl.) H.Hara	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ludwigia senegalensis (DC.) Troch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ludwigia sericea (Cambess.) H.Hara	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ludwigia simpsonii Chapm.	Accepted		TRO
Ludwigia speciosa (Brenan) Hoch, Goldblatt & P.H. Raven	Accepted		TRO
Ludwigia sphaerocarpa Elliott	Accepted		TRO
Ludwigia stenorraphe (Brenan) H.Hara	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ludwigia stricta (C. Wright ex Griseb.) C. Wright	Accepted		TRO
Ludwigia suffruticosa Walter	Accepted		TRO
Ludwigia × taiwanensis C.I. Peng	Accepted		TRO
Ludwigia tepicana M.E. Jones	Accepted		TRO
Ludwigia tomentosa (Cambess.) H. Hara	Accepted		TRO
Ludwigia torulosa (Arn.) H.Hara	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 165 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Ludwigia. Of these 74 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 52 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Ludwigia. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 165 species names for the genus Ludwigia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	74	44.8%
◕	Synonym	39	23.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	52	31.5%

All names

The status of the 217 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Ludwigia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	85	39.2%
◕	Synonym	75	34.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	57	26.3%

The confidence with which the status of the 165 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Ludwigia, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	73	38	0	0	111	67.3%
	Low confidence	1	1	0	52	54	32.7%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Ludwigia, are as follows: