Pontederia L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 288 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Cosmopolitan.

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 Republic, Chad, Chile Central, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Congo, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, 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-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vermont, Vietnam, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Arizona, Aruba, Azores, Bahamas, Bermuda, Burundi, California, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Colorado, Comoros, Cook Is., Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Fiji, France, Free State, Germany, Great Britain, 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, Taiwan, Tanzania, Türkey, Vanuatu, Victoria, Virginia, Windward Is., Yemen

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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PAFTOL

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:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5094] K001104724 Unknown Type Material Yes
Eyerdam, W.J.; Beetle, A.A. [23070] Argentina K002674190 Yes
Tweedie [s.n.] Argentina K002674198 Yes
Pedersen, T.M. [798] Argentina K002674218 Yes
Bertoni [1993] Argentina K002674220 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [12518] Bolivia K002674240 Yes
Gardner [5235] Argentina K002674195 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002674228 Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Soto, D.; Huayalla, H. [26189] Bolivia K002674237 Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Atahuachi, M.; Mendoza, M. [20616] Bolivia K002674257 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5095] Nepal K001104731 Unknown Type Material Yes
Tweedie [s.n.] Argentina K002674197 Yes
MacKee [46148] New Caledonia K002674075 Yes
Wright, C. [3260] Cuba K002674151 Yes
Hassler, E. (Dr.) [3803] Paraguay K002674156 Yes
Hassler, E. (Dr.) [306] Paraguay K002674159 Yes
Vavrek, I.M. [313] Paraguay K002674158 Yes
Chapman, A.W. [s.n.] K002674078 Yes
Hassler, E. (Dr.) [7849] Paraguay K002674153 Yes
[W. Gilges] [192] Zimbabwe K002674230 Yes
Krapovickas, A.; Cristóbal, C.L. [44991] Paraguay K002674201 Yes
Tweedie [s.n.] Argentina K002674202 Yes
Woolston, D.L. [314] Paraguay K002674157 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002674229 Yes
Torrey [s.n.] United States K000873501 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002674224 Yes
Rusby, H.H. [1389] Bolivia K002674241 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5095] India K001104728 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sparre, B. [318] Argentina K002674219 Yes
Tweedie [s.n.] Argentina K002674194 Yes
Hassler, E. (Dr.) [306a] Paraguay K002674160 Yes
Guaglianone, E.R.; Bacigalupo, N.M.; Tur, N.M.; Guillén, R. [2961] Argentina K002674193 Yes
Elliot [s.n.] K000873500 Unknown Type Material Yes
Walter, M. [s.n.] Paraguay K002674165 Yes
Dubugnon, N. [199] Uruguay K002674222 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5095] K001104725 Unknown Type Material Yes
Morel, I. [587] Argentina K002674217 Yes
s.coll. [276] Argentina K002674216 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002674235 Yes
Vanni, R.; Schinini, A. [135] Argentina K002674192 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002674234 Yes
Schipp, W.A. [955] Belize K002674130 Yes
Krapovickas, A.; Harley, R.M.; Cristóbal, C.L.; Schinini, A. [46052] Paraguay K002674152 Yes
s.coll. [145] Argentina K002674196 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [17605] Bolivia K002674238 Yes
Vervoorst, S.Y. [342] Paraguay K002674164 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Wilmot-Dear, M.; Zuloaga, F. [3122] Argentina K002674191 Yes
Pelly, R.S. [43] Belize K002674131 Yes
Lüönd, B.; Brücker, W. [322] Argentina K002674200 Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Hind, D.J.N. [22911] Bolivia K002674256 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5095] K001104726 Unknown Type Material Yes
Britton, N.L.; Cowell, J.F. [9693] Cuba K002674150 Yes
Pelly, R.S. [44] Belize K002674132 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002674227 Yes
Felippone [6186] Uruguay K002674221 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5095] India K001104730 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hassler, E. (Dr.) [5112] Paraguay K002674161 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Wilmot-Dear, M.; Tur, N. [3666] Argentina K002674199 Yes
Pedersen, T.M. [5239] Paraguay K002674189 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [12518] Bolivia K002674239 Yes
Hassler, E. (Dr.) [12683] Paraguay K002674155 Yes
Gardner [5235] Brazil K002674162 Yes
[OGU] [232] K002674231 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5094] Burma K001104723 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002674225 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5095] K001104727 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5095] India K001104729 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 5095] Burma K001104732 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hassler, E. (Dr.) [5363] Paraguay K002674154 Yes
Balansa, B. [607] Paraguay K002674163 Yes
Tweedie [s.n.] Argentina K002674203 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002674233 Yes
Giulietti, A.M. [2986] Brazil Eichhornia K001382211 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Bromley, G.L.; Carvalho, A.M.; Hage, J.L.; Brito, H.S. [21401] Brazil Eichhornia K000837825 Yes
Harley, R.M. [21401] Brazil Eichhornia K000837826 Yes
Kelly, D.L. [s.n.] Trinidad and Tobago Eichhornia K002673938 Yes
Duke, B.O.L. [14] Gambia, The Monochoria K:SPC-04614.000 No
Lugas, L. [2788] Malaysia Monochoria K002674615 Yes
Masens, B. [805] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Monochoria K002674691 Yes
Haegens, R.M.A.P.; Klazenga, N.; Kiew, R.; Lamb, A. [ao609] Malaysia Monochoria K002674630 Yes
Duke, B.O.L. [14] Gambia, The Monochoria K:SPC-15207.000 No
Rahman, M.A.; Huda, M.K.; Das, S.; Halim, M. [1329] Bangladesh Monochoria K002674497 Yes
Rumutom, M. [547] Malaysia Monochoria K002674616 Yes
Jones, B.L. [493] Malaysia Monochoria K001045652 Yes

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