Alismataceae

Echinodorus Rich.

First published in Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 1: 365 (1815)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Central & S. U.S.A. to Tropical & Subtropical America.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina South, Arkansas, Bahamas, Bolivia, California, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Florida, Guyana, Haiti, Illinois, Iowa, Jamaica, Kansas, Kentucky, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Missouri, Nebraska, Netherlands Antilles, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Turks-Caicos Is., Utah, Venezuela, Windward Is., Wisconsin

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS Genera starting with letter E-F: 1-50919.
  • Lehtonen, S. & Myllys, L. (2008). Cladistic analysis of Echinodorus (Alismataceae): simultaneous analysis of molecular and morphological data. Cladistics 24: 218-239.
  • Lehtonen, S. (2008 publ. 2009). An integative approach to species delimination in Echinodorus (Alismataceae) and the description of two new species. Kew Bulletin 63: 525-563.
  • Matias, L.Q. (2007). O Gênero Echinodorus (Alismataceae) no domínio da caatinga Brasileira. Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 58: 743-774.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0