Hydrocleys

{{Short description|Genus of aquatic plants}}

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|image = Hydrocleys_martii_LeavesFlower_BotGardBln0906.JPG

|image_caption = Hydrocleys martii

|image2=Hydrocleys_nymphoides_CBM.png

|image2_caption=Hydrocleys nymphoides
Curtis's Botanical Magazine (1833)

|taxon = Hydrocleys

|authority = Rich.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33882758#page/412/mode/1up Richard, Louis Claude Marie. 1815. Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 1: 368]

|type_species = Hydrocleys commersonii (syn of H. nymphoides)

|type_species_authority = Rich.

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|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision = See text

}}

Hydrocleys is a genus of aquatic plants in the Alismataceae, native to the Western Hemisphere, though one is naturalized elsewhere and sold as an ornamental for decorative ponds and artificial aquatic habitats.{{Cite web|url=http://idtools.org/id/aquariumplants/Aquarium_%26_Pond_Plants_of_the_World/key/Aquarium_%26_Pond_Plants/Media/Html/Fact_sheets/hydrocleys.html|title=Hydrocleys|website=idtools.org|access-date=2017-01-30|archive-date=2017-12-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171229165045/http://idtools.org/id/aquariumplants/Aquarium_%26_Pond_Plants_of_the_World/key/Aquarium_%26_Pond_Plants/Media/Html/Fact_sheets/hydrocleys.html|url-status=dead}} At present (May 2014), five species are recognized:{{Cite web|url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=278713|title=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|website=apps.kew.org|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-01-30}}

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Image	Scientific name	Distribution
120px	Hydrocleys martii Seub. in C.F.P.von Martius	Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay
	Hydrocleys mattogrossensis (Kuntze) Holm-Niels. & R.R.Haynes	Brazil, Bolivia
	Hydrocleys modesta Pedersen	Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay
120px	Hydrocleys nymphoides (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Buchenau	widespread across South America, Central America, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and the Netherlands Antilles. Also naturalized in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Fiji, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Florida, Louisiana and Texas[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Hydrocleys%20nymphoides.png Biota of North America Program] Image{{Cite web|url=http://bie.ala.org.au/species/HYDROCLEYS+NYMPHOIDES|title=Hydrocleys nymphoides {{!}} Atlas of Living Australia|last=Australia|first=Atlas of Living|website=bie.ala.org.au|language=en-AU|access-date=2017-01-30}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.sanbi.org/information/infobases/invasive-alien-plant-alert/hydrocleys-nymphoides|title=Hydrocleys nymphoides {{!}} SANBI|website=www.sanbi.org|language=en|access-date=2017-01-30|archive-date=2014-07-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140723050016/http://www.sanbi.org/information/infobases/invasive-alien-plant-alert/hydrocleys-nymphoides|url-status=dead}}
	Hydrocleys parviflora Seub. in C.F.P.von Martius	Mexico, Central America, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil