Pontederia L.
Distribution
Native to:
Afghanistan, Alabama, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arkansas, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Cambodia, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Chile Central, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Congo, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Hainan, Honduras, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kansas, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krym, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Louisiana, Madagascar, Maine, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Manchuria, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, New Brunswick, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New South Wales, New York, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Carolina, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Carolina, South Dakota, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vermont, Vietnam, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Arizona, Aruba, Azores, Bahamas, Bermuda, Burundi, California, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Colorado, Comoros, Cook Is., Corse, Czechoslovakia, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, France, Free State, Gulf States, Haiti, Hawaii, Italy, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Maldives, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Nauru, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Zealand North, Norfolk Is., Oman, Palestine, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Rodrigues, Romania, Réunion, Samoa, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Society Is., Solomon Is., South Australia, South China Sea, Spain, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Turkey, Vanuatu, Victoria, Virginia, Windward Is., Yemen
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Cabanisia Kotschy ex Schltdl. in Abh. Naturf. Ges. Halle 6: 176 (1862)
- Calcarunia Raf. in Med. Fl. 2: 106 (1830)
- Carigola Raf. in Fl. Tellur. 2: 10 (1837)
- Eichhornia Kunth in Enum. Pl. 4: 129 (1843), nom. cons.
- Gomphima Raf. in Fl. Tellur. 2: 10 (1837)
- Hirschtia K.Schum. ex Schwartz in Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 139: 41 (1927)
- Kadakia Raf. in Fl. Tellur. 2: 9 (1837)
- Leptosomus Schltdl. in Abh. Naturf. Ges. Halle 6: 174 (1862)
- Limnostachys F.Muell. in Fragm. 1: 24 (1858)
- Michelia Adans. in Fam. Pl. 2: 201, 577 (1763), nom. illeg.
- Monochoria C.Presl in Reliq. Haenk. 1: 127 (1827)
- Narukila Adans. in Fam. Pl. 2: 54 (1763)
- Piaropus Raf. in Fl. Tellur. 2: 81 (1837), nom. rej.
- Pontederas Hoffmanns. in Verz. Pfl.-Kult.: 137 (1824)
- Reussia Endl. in Gen. Pl.: 139 (1836), nom. cons.
- Umsema Raf. in Med. Repos., ser. 2, 5: 352 (1808)
- Unisema Raf. in Med. Repos., ser. 2, 5: 192 (1808)
Accepted Species
- Pontederia africana (Solms) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn
- Pontederia australasica (Ridl.) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn
- Pontederia azurea Sw.
- Pontederia brevipetiolata (Verdc.) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn
- Pontederia cordata L.
- Pontederia crassipes Mart.
- Pontederia cyanea (F.Muell.) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn
- Pontederia diversifolia (Vahl) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn
- Pontederia elata (Ridl.) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn
- Pontederia gigantea D.J.Sousa
- Pontederia hastata L.
- Pontederia heterosperma (Alexander) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn
- Pontederia korsakowii (Regel & Maack) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn
- Pontederia meyeri (A.G.Schulz) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn
- Pontederia natans P.Beauv.
- Pontederia ovalis Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.
- Pontederia paniculata Spreng.
- Pontederia paradoxa Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.
- Pontederia parviflora Alexander
- Pontederia plantaginea Roxb.
- Pontederia reflexa D.J.Sousa
- Pontederia rotundifolia L.f.
- Pontederia sagittata C.Presl
- Pontederia subovata (Seub.) Lowden
- Pontederia triflora (Seub.) G.Agostini, D.Velázquez & J.Velásquez
- Pontederia vaginalis Burm.f.
- Pontederia valida (G.X.Wang & Nagam.) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- (2018). https://phytokeys.pensoft.net/article/27652/. epublication.
- Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China
- The Malesian Key Group (2010) Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China (Version 2.0, 28 Jul 2010) The Nationaal Herbarium Nederland Leiden and The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. 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 Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0