Hydrocharis morsus-ranae in Genus Hydrocharis

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Internal ID	UUID64402683508ba456951507
Scientific name	Hydrocharis morsus-ranae
Authority	L.
First published in	Sp. Pl. : 1036 (1753)

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Hydrocharis morsus-ranae, also known as frogbit, is a flowering plant that belongs to the Hydrocharis genus in the Hydrocharitaceae family. In North America, it is commonly referred to as common frogbit or European frog's-bit to distinguish it from a similar plant called American frogbit. Frogbit is a small floating plant that resembles a water lily and has white, three-petalled flowers. Its leaves are kidney-shaped and grow in rosettes on the water surface, with its roots hanging down into the water but not touching the bottom. This plant is fast-growing and spreads quickly through stolons, and survives the winter as dormant turions that rise to the surface in the spring. While native to Europe and parts of Asia, frogbit was introduced to Canada in the 1930s and has become invasive in eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, particularly around the Great Lakes. It is considered a pest in this region as it can take over waterways and form dense masses of vegetation, threatening native biodiversity. However, in its native areas, frogbit is not typically dominant.

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Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Sagittaria triflora	Hort.Bog. ex Miq.	Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 239 (1856)
Hydrocharis asarifolia	Gray	Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 220 (1821 publ. 1822)
Hydrocharis batrachyodegma	St.-Lag.	Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 71 (1880)
Hydrocharis rotundifolia	Gilib.	Fl. Lit. Inch. 2: 221 (1782)
Hydrocharis morsus-ranae f. terrestris	Glück	Süsswasserflora 15: 109 1936

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Language	Common/alternative name
English	common frogbit
English	european frog-bit
English	european frog’s-bit
English	european frogbit
English	frogbit
English	common frog’s-bit
Belarusian	Жабнік звычайны
Bulgarian	жабешка водянка
Catalan	petit nénuphar
Czech	voďanka žabí
Welsh	ffugalaw bach
German	petit nénuphar
German	gemeiner froschbiss
German	froschbiss
German	europäischer froschbiss
Estonian	konnakilbukas
Persian	چتر قورباغه
Finnish	sammakonkilpukka
Finnish	kilpukka
French	grenouillette
French	petit nénufar
French	morène
French	morène des grenouilles
French	petit nénuphar
French	morene
Croatian	vodarka
Upper Sorbian	Žabjacy kał
Upper Sorbian	wšědna wódnjanka
Upper Sorbian	wodźanka
Upper Sorbian	Žabjacy kus
Hungarian	békatutaj
Icelandic	froskabit
Lithuanian	plūduriuojantysis vandenplūkis
Lithuanian	petit nénuphar
Norwegian Bokmål	froskebit
Norwegian Bokmål	froskebitt
Dutch	kikkerbeet
Norwegian Nynorsk	froskebit
Polish	żabiściek pływający
Polish	Żabiściek pływający
Romanian	iarba broaștelor
Russian	водокрас обыкновенный
Russian	водоркрас обыкновенный
Russian	водокрас лягушачий
Russian	Водокрас обыкнове́нный
Russian	Водокрас лягушачий
Slovak	vodnianka žabia
Slovenian	žabji šejek
Swedish	petit nénuphar
Swedish	dyblad
Thai	ตับเต่านา
Ukrainian	жабурник звичайний
Ukrainian	Жабурник звичайний

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Africa click to expand
- Northern Africa
  - Algeria
  - Morocco

Asia-temperate click to expand
- Caucasus
  - North Caucasus
  - Transcaucasus
- Middle Asia
  - Kazakhstan
- Siberia
  - Altay
  - Irkutsk
  - Krasnoyarsk
  - West Siberia
- Western Asia
  - Palestine
  - Turkey

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- Indian Subcontinent
  - West Himalaya

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- Eastern Europe
  - Baltic States
  - Belarus
  - Central European Russia
  - East European Russia
  - Krym
  - North European Russia
  - Northwest European Russia
  - South European Russia
  - Ukraine
- Middle Europe
  - Austria
  - Belgium
  - Czechoslovakia
  - Germany
  - Hungary
  - Netherlands
  - Poland
  - Switzerland
- Northern Europe
  - Denmark
  - Finland
  - Great Britain
  - Ireland
  - Norway
  - Sweden
- Southeastern Europe
  - Bulgaria
  - Greece
  - Italy
  - Romania
  - Turkey-in-Europe
  - Yugoslavia
- Southwestern Europe
  - France
  - Portugal
  - Spain

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- Eastern Canada
  - Ontario
  - Québec
- Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Michigan
  - New Jersey
  - New York
  - Vermont

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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000769381
Canadensys	6121
USDA Plants	HYMO6
Tropicos	16100007
INPN	103120
Flora of Italy	6691
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:431799-1
The Plant List	kew-308132
Open Tree Of Life	40106
NCBI Taxonomy	55464
NBN Atlas	NBNSYS0000002109
Nature Serve	2.155546
IUCN Red List	164128
IPNI	431799-1
iNaturalist	81600
GBIF	5329266
Freebase	/m/043l4hb
EPPO	HYHMR
EOL	1088924
Elurikkus	5193
Calflora (Californian flora)	12568
USDA GRIN	419827
Wikipedia	Hydrocharis_morsus-ranae

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Polyamines in turions and young plants of hydrocharis morsus-ranae and utricularia intermedia

Victor R. Villanueva, Liisa Kaarina Simolat, Madeleine Mardon

Elsevier BV

25-Jul-2002

doi:	10.1016/S0031-9422(00)80829-8

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Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
> Organic acids and derivatives / Carboxylic acids and derivatives / Amino acids, peptides, and analogues / Alpha amino acids and derivatives / Alpha amino acids / L-alpha-amino acids
Arginine	6322	Click to see C(CC(C(=O)O)N)CN=C(N)N	174.20	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)80829-8
L-ornithine	6262	Click to see C(CC(C(=O)O)N)CN	132.16	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)80829-8
Lysine	5962	Click to see C(CCN)CC(C(=O)O)N	146.19	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)80829-8
> Organic nitrogen compounds / Organonitrogen compounds / Amines / Primary amines / Monoalkylamines
1,4-Diaminobutane	1045	Click to see C(CCN)CN	88.15	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)80829-8
Cadaverine	273	Click to see C(CCN)CCN	102.18	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)80829-8

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Hydrocharis morsus-ranae

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