Pontederiaceae
Heteranthera

Heteranthera reniformis Ruiz & Pav.

First published in Fl. Peruv. 1: 43 (1798)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central & E. U.S.A. to Tropical & Subtropical America. It is a hydroannual or helophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, Indiana, Jamaica, Kentucky, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Maryland, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Ohio, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Virginia, West Virginia, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Bulgaria, Greece, Hawaii, Italy, Portugal, Spain

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2020). https://doi.org/10.2298/BOTSERB2001095G. epublication.
  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2005). Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 52: 1-415.
  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2008). Flora Iberica 18: 1-420. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • Dimopoulos, P., Raus, T., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, T., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A., & Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). Vascular plants of Greece. An annotated checklist: 1-372. Botanic gardens and botanical museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin and Hellenic botanical society, Athens.
  • Espejo Serna, A. & López-Ferraria, A.R. (2000). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 9-11: 1-337. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
  • Frohlich, D. & Lau, A. (2014). New plant records for the Hawaiian islands 2012-2013. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 115: 7-17.
  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Herkert, J.R. & Ebinger, J.E. (eds.) (2002). Endangered and Threatened Species of Illinois: status and distribution 1: 1-161. Endangered species protection board, Springfield, Illinois.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Powell, A.M. & Worthington, R.D. (2018). Flowering plants of Trans-Pecos Texas and adjacent areas: 1-1444. BRIT Press.
  • 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.

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

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • Kew Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) https://www.kew.org/science/data-and-resources/tools-and-services/medicinal-plant-names-services in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.or

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2020). https://doi.org/10.2298/BOTSERB2001095G. epublication.
  • (2023). https://sbocc.fr/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Carnets-botaniques-n°143.pdf. epublication.
  • Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2008). Flora Iberica 18: 1-420. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • Espejo Serna, A. & López-Ferraria, A.R. (2000). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 9-11: 1-337. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
  • Frohlich, D. & Lau, A. (2014). New plant records for the Hawaiian islands 2012-2013. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 115: 7-17.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.

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
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2013 Ferreira, A.R. [103] K000837961 Yes
Jan 1, 2013 Gardner [5643] Brazil K000837960 Yes
Jan 1, 2013 Ule, E. [8091] Brazil K000837943 Yes
Sep 1, 1996 Faria, A.D.; Matsumoto, K.; Aona, L.Y.S.; Galvão, J.C.; Belinello, R. [130] Brazil K000837951 Yes
Sep 1, 1990 Faria, A.D.; Matsumoto, K.; Aona, L.Y.S.; Galvão, J.C.; Belinello, R. [123] Brazil K000837952 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K000837946 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Tweedie [1290] Brazil K000837947 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Darlington, W. [s.n.] United States K000837953 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Burchell, W.J. [4705] Brazil K000837965 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Burchell, W.J. [1482] Brazil K000837966 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Burchell, W.J. [s.n.] Brazil K000837964 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Salzmann [s.n.] Brazil K000837954 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Peru K000644002 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1970 Lindeman, J.C.; Haas, J.H. [4940] Brazil K000837949 Yes
Seibert, R.J. [446] Panama K002915005 Yes
André, É. [1707] Ecuador K002674970 Yes
André, É. [1707] Ecuador K002674972 Yes
s.coll. [8701] Colombia K002674961 Yes
Fendler, A. [1355] Venezuela K002915010 Yes
Eyerdam, W.J.; Beetle, A.A. [22515] Argentina K002674987 Yes
Cristóbal, C.L.; Schinini, A. [1099] Argentina K002674984 Yes
Croat, T.B. [9344] Panama K002915004 Yes
André, É. [4234] Ecuador K002674968 Yes
Holton, I.F. [132] Colombia K002915011 Yes
Tolima [8700] Colombia K002674959 Yes
Petersen, T.M. [2667] Argentina K002674985 Yes
Miers, J. [3772] Brazil K000837950 Yes
Mueller, F. [78] Brazil K000837945 Yes
Tweedie [s.n.] Brazil K000837948 Yes
Pedersen, T.M. [7755] Argentina K002674986 Yes
Walter, M. [64] Paraguay K002674949 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002674701 Yes
Gardner [5643] Brazil K000837956 Yes
Walter, M. [64] Paraguay K002674950 Yes
Lewis, W.H.; Burch, D.; Dwyer, J.D.; Elias, T.S.; Escobar, N. [749] Panama K002915003 Yes
Riedel [875] Brazil K000837957 Yes
Thomas, R.H. [9] Ecuador K002674971 Yes
Lehmann [8904] Colombia K002674958 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Colombia K002915008 Yes
Burch, D.; Oliver, R.L.; Robertson, K.R. [1194] Panama K002915006 Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K000837944 Yes
Armstrong [s.n.] Brazil K000837962 Yes
Zarucchi, J.L.; Brant, A.E.; Castano, C.J. [5777] Colombia K002674962 Yes
Berg, C.C.; Akkermans, R.W. [1121] Ecuador K002674966 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Colombia K002674960 Yes
Bautista, H.P.; Harley, R.; Hind, N.; Smith, S. [3462] Brazil K002674947 Yes
Woolston, A.L. [604] Paraguay K002674948 Yes
Hassler, E. [3547] Paraguay K002674954 Yes
Giulietti, A.M.; Harley, R.M.; Atkins, S. [5487] Brazil K000837958 Yes
Tweedie [s.n.] Argentina K000837955 Yes
Hassler, E. [1377] Paraguay K002674953 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [9625] Bolivia K002674957 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002674990 Yes
Camp, W.H. [E-3691] Ecuador K002674967 Yes
Jameson [574] Ecuador K002674969 Yes
Hassler, E. [6319] Paraguay K002674951 Yes
Pedersen, T.M. [7692] Paraguay K002674952 Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Brummitt, R.K.; Ritter, N.; Wasshausen, D. [11203] Bolivia K002674956 Yes
André, É. [1707] Colombia K002915007 Yes
Fendler, A. [294] Panama K002915009 Yes
Spruce, R. [6139] Ecuador Heterandra reniformis K000201635 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • 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/
    • © 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 2025. 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0