Eichhornia Kunth

First published in Enum. Pl. 4: 129 (1843), nom. cons.
This name is a synonym of Pontederia

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

  • (2018). https://phytokeys.pensoft.net/article/27652/. epublication. [Cited as Pontederia.]

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS Genera starting with letter E-F: 1-50919. [Cited as Eichhornia.]

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Eichhornia, genus novum (1842)
  • F.T.A. 8: 4
  • Robyns in Bull. Acad. Sci, Col. Brux. 1: 1116 (1956). Nom cons.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Eichhornia gen. nov. fam. Pontederiac. (1842)
  • Enum. Pl. 4: 129 (1843)
  • Solms in A. DC, Mon. Phan. 4: 525–531 (1883), nom. conserv.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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