Pontederiaceae
Pontederia

Pontederia azurea Sw.

First published in Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 57 (1788)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Mexico to Tropical America. It is a hydroperennial and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Bangladesh, Florida

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Eichhornia azurea.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.

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.
  • 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 Burchell [4163] Brazil Eichhornia azurea K000887575 Yes
Jan 1, 2013 Gardner [701] Brazil Eichhornia azurea K000887577 Yes
Jan 1, 2013 Tweedie, J. [s.n.] Brazil Eichhornia azurea K000887581 Yes
Jan 1, 2013 Schomburgh [2738] Brazil Eichhornia azurea K000887580 Yes
Jan 1, 2009 Sasaki, D.; Henicka, G.S.; André, T.J.C.; Piva, J.H. [1495] Brazil Eichhornia azurea K000578623 Yes
Jan 1, 1991 Gardner [2744] Brazil Eichhornia azurea K000838000 Yes
Jan 1, 1991 Prance, G.T.; Pennington, T.D.; Silva, N.T. [1329] Brazil Eichhornia azurea K000887583 Yes
Jan 1, 1971 Egler, W.A.; Irwin, H.S. [46023] Brazil Eichhornia azurea K000837997 Yes
Jan 1, 1970 Pires, J.M.; Cavalcante, P.B. [52462] Brazil Eichhornia azurea K000887569 Yes
Jan 1, 1960 Irwin, H.S. [48783] Brazil Eichhornia azurea K000887584 Yes
Fiebrig, K. [1026] Paraguay Eichhornia azurea K002673962 Yes
Cristóbal, C.L.; Schinini, A. [1075] Argentina Eichhornia azurea K002674048 Yes
Krapovickas, A.; Cristóbal, C.L. [11859] Argentina Eichhornia azurea K002674046 Yes
André, É. [184] Eichhornia azurea K002674013 Yes
Hunt, D.R.; Ramos, J.F. [6069] Brazil Eichhornia azurea K000887579 Yes
Dawe, M.T. [461] Eichhornia azurea K002674017 Yes
s.coll. [491] Uruguay Eichhornia azurea K002674043 Yes
{d'Auguste de Saint-Hilaire} [2479] Eichhornia azurea K002674044 Yes
Smith, H.H. [2335] Colombia Eichhornia azurea K002674014 Yes
Tate, R. [428(70)] Nicaragua Eichhornia azurea K002673922 Yes
Lüönd, B.; Brücker, W. [293] Argentina Eichhornia azurea K002674050 Yes
Balansa, B. [604a] Paraguay Eichhornia azurea K002673961 Yes
McConnell [s.n.] Guyana Eichhornia azurea K002673953 Yes
Hassler, E. [842] Paraguay Eichhornia azurea K002673963 Yes
Hayes, S. [s.n.] Panama Eichhornia azurea K002674016 Yes
Smith, A.C. [2233] Guyana Eichhornia azurea K002673954 Yes
[C. M. Huardley] [s.n.] Eichhornia azurea K002674060 No
[Brailia] [s.n.] Eichhornia azurea K002674019 Yes
Glaziou [17833] Brazil Eichhornia azurea K000887572 Yes
Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; Simmons, C.; Jacobs-Brouwer, A.; James, V.; Andrew, R. [4679] Guyana Eichhornia azurea K002673951 Yes
Hassler, E. [3344] Eichhornia azurea K002673959 Yes
Kalbreyer [(Beisch)] [678] Eichhornia azurea K002674018 Yes
Smith, S.G. [1238] Colombia Eichhornia azurea K002674012 Yes
s.coll. [2100] Guyana Eichhornia azurea K002673948 Yes
Guillén, R.; Choré, R. [3260] Bolivia Eichhornia azurea K002674023 Yes
Burchell [7967] Brazil Eichhornia azurea K000887570 Yes
Hassler, E. [s.n.] Paraguay Eichhornia azurea K002673960 Yes
Wright, C. [3267] Cuba Eichhornia azurea K002673941 Yes
Spruce, R. [273] Brazil Eichhornia azurea K000887573 Yes
[C. E. White] [1574] Bolivia Eichhornia azurea K002674022 Yes
Lorentz, P.G. [s.n.] Uruguay Eichhornia azurea K002674045 Yes
Kelly, D.L. [s.n.] Trinidad and Tobago Eichhornia azurea K002673943 Yes
s.coll. [[283]] Eichhornia azurea K002674052 Yes
Schomburgh [s.n.] Guyana Eichhornia azurea K002673950 Yes
Jenman [1735] Guyana Eichhornia azurea K002673949 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Eichhornia azurea K002674051 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Wilmot-Dear, M.; Tur, N. [3602] Argentina Eichhornia azurea K002674047 Yes
Tressens, S.G.; Caceres, S.; Vanni, R.; Zamudio, C. [3699] Argentina Eichhornia azurea K002674053 Yes
Wright, C. [3267] Cuba Eichhornia azurea K002673942 Yes
Abd el Khalek; Hassan [3969] Egypt Eichhornia azurea K002673797 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [s.n.] Eichhornia azurea K002673940 Yes
Steinbach, J. [7024] Brazil Eichhornia azurea K002674020 Yes
Divers [54] Eichhornia azurea K002673958 Yes
André, É. [K 549] Ecuador Eichhornia azurea K002674024 Yes
Walter, M. [5] Paraguay Eichhornia azurea K002673956 Yes
Hule, E. [8092] Brazil Eichhornia azurea K000837996 Yes
Ward, R. [s.n.] Guyana Eichhornia azurea K002673945 Yes
Spruce, R. [s.n.] Brazil Eichhornia azurea K000887568 Yes
Hunt, D.R.; Ramos, J.F. [6069] Brazil Eichhornia azurea K000887578 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [6722] Brazil Eichhornia azurea K000837998 Yes
Gardner [701] Brazil Eichhornia azurea K000887576 Yes
Blanchet [2738] Brazil Eichhornia azurea K002673946 Yes
Glaziou [16392] Brazil Eichhornia azurea K000887582 Yes
Maggs, C.M. [II 46] Panama Eichhornia azurea K002674011 Yes
Pedersen, T.M. [7668] Paraguay Eichhornia azurea K002673957 Yes
Smith, M.D. [24] Brazil Eichhornia azurea K000887574 Yes
Walter, M. [s.n.] Paraguay Eichhornia azurea K002673955 Yes
Jenman, G.S. [7272] Guyana Eichhornia azurea K002673952 Yes
Schomburgk, R.H. [s.n.] Guyana Eichhornia azurea K002673947 Yes
Spruce, R. [343] Eichhornia azurea K002674061 Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil Eichhornia azurea K000887571 Yes
s.coll. [62] Belize Eichhornia azurea K002673921 Yes
Lützelburg, P. [252] Brazil Eichhornia azurea K000837999 Yes
Steyermark, J.A. [87427] Venezuela Eichhornia azurea K002674010 Yes
Crueger [s.n.] Trinidad and Tobago Eichhornia azurea K002673939 Yes
Lüönd, B.; Brücker, W. [293] Argentina Eichhornia azurea K002674049 Yes
[N. Cardona] [[27]] Bolivia Eichhornia azurea K002674021 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Eichhornia azurea K002674063 Yes
Holton, I.F. [[133]] Colombia Eichhornia azurea K002674015 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

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • 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