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|familia=Araliaceae
| name = ''Hydrocotyle''
|genus=Hydrocotyle
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'''''Hydrocotyle''''' ([[Pennywort]]) is a genus of aquatic or semi-aquatic plants formerly classified in the family [[Apiaceae]], now in the family [[Araliaceae]]. At least two species are now classed as [[List of invasive species|invasive aliens]] following introductions outside of their normal range.
'''''Hydrocotyle''''' ([[Pennywort]]) is a genus of aquatic or semi-aquatic plants formerly classified in the family [[Apiaceae]], now in the family [[Araliaceae]]. At least two species are now classed as [[List of invasive species|invasive aliens]] following introductions outside of their normal range.
The leaves are generally orbicular, hence the common name.
The leaves are generally orbicular, hence the common name.
==Ecology==
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Hydrocotyle (Greek, water and cup; the plants thrive in moist places, and the roundish leaves have a cup-like depression in the middle). Umbelliferae. Water Pennywort. Slender creeping perennials of wet places, one of which is somewhat used in carpet- bedding.
Herbs, with round or reniform often peltate lvs., and scale-like stipules at the base of the petioles: fls. very small, white, in umbels or umbel-like clusters opposite the lvs., sometimes 1 umbel appearing above another; calyx-teeth minute; petals entire, concave: fr. strongly compressed.—Species about 75, widely distributed around the world, several being native in the U. S. and Canada.
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==Cultivation==
===Propagation===
===Pests and diseases===
==Species==
Selected species:
*''[[Hydrocotyle americana]]''
*''[[Hydrocotyle americana]]''
*''[[Hydrocotyle bonariensis]]''
*''[[Hydrocotyle bonariensis]]''
*''[[Hydrocotyle vulgaris]]''
*''[[Hydrocotyle vulgaris]]''
==External Links==
==Gallery==
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==References==
*[http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/URC/bhutanumbels/Hydrocotyle.htm Flora of Bhutan]
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*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=115990 Flora of China]
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=115990 Flora of Pakistan]
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
*[http://www.wetwebmedia.com/PlantedTksSubWebIndex/hydrocotyle.htm Pennywort]
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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