''Ludovia'' is a genus of plants first described as a genus in 1861. All the known species are native to

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South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...

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/ref>Stevens, W. D., C. Ulloa Ulloa, A. Pool & O. M. Montiel. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i–xlii ; Species * '' Ludovia bierhorstii'' Wilder - Colombia, Ecuador * '' Ludovia integrifolia'' (Woodson) Harling - Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru * '' Ludovia lancifolia'' Brongn. - Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, the Guianas, NW Brazil

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q9298446 Cyclanthaceae Pandanales genera Taxa named by Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart