Herein, we present the first report of Phyllanthus fluitans growing wild in North America north of Mexico (Kartesz, in press; USDA, 2010). This fresh-water species native to South America is the sole
Herein, we present the first report of Phyllanthus fluitans growing wild in North America north of Mexico (Kartesz, in press; USDA, 2010). This fresh-water species native to South America is the sole free-floating aquatic of the large genus Phyllanthus. (Phyllanthus leonardianus, from Zaire, is also aquatic, but plants are rooted to the bottom; Cook, 1996). Common names of P. fluitans include red root floater and floating spurge ("Schwimmende Wolfsmilch").1 Here we consider the record of its discover