- Family:
- Pontederiaceae Kunth
- Genus:
- Pontederia L.
Pontederia cordata L.
[UPFC]
- Distribution
- Biogeografic region: Amazonia, Guiana Shield, Caribbean, Pacific. Elevation range: 20–325 m a.s.l. Cultivated in Colombia. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Bolívar, Chocó, Guaviare, Magdalena, Putumayo, Vaupés.
- Habit
- Herb, Aquatic.
- Ecology
- Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, native grassland, wetlands (inland), artificial - terrestrial.
[UNAL]
Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/
- Vernacular
- oreja de mulo
[CPLC]
Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
- Distribution
- Nativa y cultivada en Colombia; Alt. 20 - 325 m.; Amazonia, Guayana y Serranía de La Macarena, Llanura del Caribe, Pacífico.
- Morphology General Habit
- Hierba, acuática
- Conservation
- Preocupación Menor
Native to:
Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arkansas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Connecticut, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Honduras, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin
Introduced into:
Czechoslovakia, New South Wales, Victoria
- Sagittaria cerulea Raf.
- Narukila cordata (L.) Nieuwl.
- Narukila cordata var. lancifolia (Muhl.) Nieuwl.
- Pontederia angustifolia Pursh
- Pontederia cordata var. albiflora Short
- Pontederia cordata f. albiflora House
- Pontederia cordata var. angustifolia (Pursh) Torr.
- Pontederia cordata f. angustifolia (Pursh) Solms
- Pontederia cordata f. bernardii Lepage
- Pontederia cordata f. brasiliensis Solms
- Pontederia cordata var. lanceolata (Nutt.) Griseb.
- Pontederia cordata f. latifolia House
- Pontederia cordata f. taenia Fassett
- Pontederia lanceolata Nutt.
- Pontederia lanceolata f. brasiliensis (Solms) Fernald
- Pontederia lanceolata f. trullifolia Fernald
- Pontederia lanceolata var. vichadensis F.J.Herm.
- Pontederia lancifolia Muhl.
- Pontederia maculata Donn
- Pontederia mucronata Raf. ex Torr.
- Pontederia nymphaeifolia Kunth
- Pontederia obtusifolia (Raf.) A.DC.
- Pontederia rotundifolia var. nymphaeifolia (Kunth) Solms
- Umsema mucronata Raf.
- Umsema obtusifolia Raf.
- Unisema acutifolia Raf.
- Unisema cordata (L.) Farw.
- Unisema cordata f. angustifolia (Pursh) Farw.
- Unisema cordata f. latifolia (Muhl.) Farw.
- Unisema deltifolia Raf.
- Unisema heterophylla Raf.
- Unisema lancifolia Raf.
- Unisema lancifolia f. trullifolia Farw.
- Unisema latifolia Raf.
- Unisema media Raf.
- Unisema mucronata Raf.
- Unisema obliquata Raf.
- Unisema obtusifolia (Raf.) Raf.
- Unisema peduncularis Raf.
- Unisema purshiana Raf.
- Unisema rotundifolia Raf.
- Unisema sagittata Raf.
Pontederia cordata L. appears in other Kew resources:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| s.coll. [s.n.], Pennsylvania | K000873499 | Yes |
First published in Sp. Pl.: 288 (1753)
Accepted by
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
- Danihelka, J. Chrtek, J. & Kaplan, Z. (2012). Checklist of vascular plants of the Czech Republic Preslia. Casopsi Ceské Botanické Spolecnosti 84: 647-811.
- Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
- Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
- Walderley, M.G.L., Shepherd, G.J., Melhem, T.S. & Giulietti, A.M. (eds.) (2005). Flora Fanerogâmica do Estado de São Paulo 4: 1-392. Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo.
Literature
Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
- Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Danihelka, J. Chrtek, J. & Kaplan, Z. (2012). Checklist of vascular plants of the Czech Republic Preslia. Casopsi Ceské Botanické Spolecnosti 84: 647-811.
- Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
- Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
- Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
- Burkill HM. (1995). The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols. 1-3. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols 1-3.
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Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
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Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible
ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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Kew Science Photographs
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Neotropikey
Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia
ColPlantA database
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