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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Hydrocotyle ranunculoides''
| image = Hydrocotyle_ranunculoides.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Apiales]]
| familia = [[Araliaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Hydrocotyle]]''
| species = '''''H. ranunculoides'''''
| binomial = ''Hydrocotyle ranunculoides''
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
}}
[[Image:Pennywort_In_River_Soar.jpg|thumb|250px|Floating Pennywort infestation in the [[River Soar]], [[Leicester]]]]
'''''Hydrocotyle ranunculoides''''' , known as '''water pennywort''' or '''floating pennywort''' is an aquatic member of the [[Ranunculaceae]]. In the [[United Kingdom|UK]] it is an invasive alien species which is currently spreading in waterways in England and Wales<ref>[http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/articles/education/resources/curriculum/pond%20poster/Invasive%20species/ British Ecological Society page on invasive species]</ref>.
== References ==
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[[Category:Araliaceae]]