''Limnocharis'' is a genus of plants in the family

Alismataceae The water-plantains (Alismataceae) are a family of flowering plants, comprising 20 genera (17 extant and 3 fossil) and 119 species. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, with the greatest number of species in temperate regions of the Northe ...

, native to Mexico, Central America, the

West Indies The West Indies is an island subregion of the Americas, surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, which comprises 13 independent island country, island countries and 19 dependent territory, dependencies in thr ...

and South America, but naturalized in China, India, and Southeast Asia as well. Two species are recognized as of May 2014: *''

Limnocharis flava ''Limnocharis flava'' (commonly known as yellow velvetleaf, sawah flower rush, sawah lettuce) is a species of aquatic flowering plant which is native to Mexico, Central America, South America, Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic but widely na ...

'' (L.) Buchenau - most of generic range *'' Limnocharis laforestii'' Duchass. ex Griseb - from Mexico to Argentina

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3074509 Alismataceae Alismataceae genera Taxa named by Aimé Bonpland Taxa named by Alexander von Humboldt