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    Ludwigia x kentiana  E.J.CLEMENT    
 

Fam.: Onagraceae / Willowherb Fam.  

Hybrid formula (parents):  Ludwigia palustris  (L.) ELLIOTT  x  Ludwigia repens  J.R.FORST.

Genus:  Ludwigia  L.
 

Authors:
   E.J.CLEMENT:  E. J. Clement (fl. 2000), British botanist
   J.R.FORST.:  Johann Reinhold Forster (1729 - 1798), German priest and botanist
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
   ELLIOTT:  Stephen Elliott (1771 - 1830), botanist in USA
 

Etymology:
   Ludwigia:   Christian Gottlieb Ludwig (1709 - 1773), German physician and botanist (LUDW. )
   kentiana:   Douglas Henry Kent (1920 - 1998), English botanist
   palustris:   marsh
   repens:   creeping
 

Ludwigia x kentiana is the hybrid between Ludwigia palustris which occurs in Europe, and Ludwigia repens which is used in aquariums and comes from South America. The hybrid grows in big numbers at a lake near Karlsruhe. It has been described in 2000 in England, where alreday several occurrences had been found: Watsonia 23: 167 - 172.

 

Ludwigia x kentiana / False Hampshire Purslane, D Karlsruhe Fritschlach 31.7.2008
Fig. 1:  Ludwigia x kentiana / False Hampshire Purslane
D Karlsruhe Fritschlach 31.7.2008
Ludwigia x kentiana / False Hampshire Purslane, D Karlsruhe Fritschlach 31.7.2008
Fig. 2:  Ludwigia x kentiana / False Hampshire Purslane
D Karlsruhe Fritschlach 31.7.2008
Ludwigia x kentiana / False Hampshire Purslane, D Karlsruhe Fritschlach 31.7.2008
Fig. 3:  Ludwigia x kentiana / False Hampshire Purslane
D Karlsruhe Fritschlach 31.7.2008
Ludwigia x kentiana / False Hampshire Purslane, D Karlsruhe Fritschlach 31.7.2008
Fig. 4:  Ludwigia x kentiana / False Hampshire Purslane
D Karlsruhe Fritschlach 31.7.2008
Ludwigia x kentiana / False Hampshire Purslane, D Karlsruhe Fritschlach 31.7.2008
Fig. 5:  Ludwigia x kentiana / False Hampshire Purslane
D Karlsruhe Fritschlach 31.7.2008
Ludwigia x kentiana / False Hampshire Purslane, D Karlsruhe Fritschlach 31.7.2008
Fig. 6:  Ludwigia x kentiana / False Hampshire Purslane
D Karlsruhe Fritschlach 31.7.2008
Ludwigia x kentiana / False Hampshire Purslane, D Karlsruhe Fritschlach 31.7.2008
Fig. 7:  Ludwigia x kentiana / False Hampshire Purslane
D Karlsruhe Fritschlach 31.7.2008
Ludwigia x kentiana / False Hampshire Purslane, D Karlsruhe Fritschlach 31.7.2008
Fig. 8:  Ludwigia x kentiana / False Hampshire Purslane
D Karlsruhe Fritschlach 31.7.2008
Ludwigia x kentiana / False Hampshire Purslane, D Karlsruhe Fritschlach 31.7.2008
Fig. 9:  Ludwigia x kentiana / False Hampshire Purslane
D Karlsruhe Fritschlach 31.7.2008
Ludwigia x kentiana / False Hampshire Purslane, D Karlsruhe Fritschlach 23.7.2022
Fig. 10:  Ludwigia x kentiana / False Hampshire Purslane
D Karlsruhe Fritschlach 23.7.2022
Ludwigia x kentiana / False Hampshire Purslane, D Karlsruhe Fritschlach 23.7.2022
Fig. 11:  Ludwigia x kentiana / False Hampshire Purslane
D Karlsruhe Fritschlach 23.7.2022
Ludwigia x kentiana / False Hampshire Purslane, D Karlsruhe Fritschlach 23.7.2022
Fig. 12:  Ludwigia x kentiana / False Hampshire Purslane
D Karlsruhe Fritschlach 23.7.2022
Ludwigia x kentiana / False Hampshire Purslane, D Karlsruhe Fritschlach 23.7.2022
Fig. 13:  Ludwigia x kentiana / False Hampshire Purslane
D Karlsruhe Fritschlach 23.7.2022

 


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