Pontederiaceae
Pontederia

Pontederia hastata L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 288 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical Asia to N. Australia. It is a helophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Northern Territory, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam

Introduced into:

Fiji

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Sharief, M.U. (ed.) (2024). Flora of India 28: 1-764. Botanical Survey of India.

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 Monochoria hastata.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Santisuk, T. & Larsen, K. (eds.) (2005). Flora of Thailand 9(1): 1-89. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5092] K001104714 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5092] K001104713 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5093] Pontederia sagittata K001104718 Unknown Type Material Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 5093] Pontederia sagittata K001104719 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5093] India Pontederia sagittata K001104720 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5093] Burma Pontederia sagittata K001104722 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5093] Pontederia sagittata K001104716 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5093] Pontederia sagittata K001104717 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5093] Pontederia sagittata K001104715 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5093] Pontederia sagittata K001104721 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1987 Wallich [5093] India Monochoria hastata K000873498 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1987 Duthie, J.F. [4456] India Monochoria hastata K000873496 Unknown Type Material Yes
[Wm.] [11595] Indonesia Monochoria hastata K002674600 Yes
Garrett, H.B.G. [229] Thailand Monochoria hastata K002674554 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [1361] Thailand Monochoria hastata K002674550 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Philippines Monochoria hastata K002674644 Yes
Carr, C.E. [11626] Papua New Guinea Monochoria hastata K002674623 Yes
Hellwig, F. [198] Papua New Guinea Monochoria hastata K002674625 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [449] India Monochoria hastata K002674361 Yes
Kerr, F.H.W. [370] Thailand Monochoria hastata K002674555 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India Monochoria hastata K002674365 Yes
Niyomdam, C.; Ueachirakan, W. [1910] Thailand Monochoria hastata K002674561 Yes
Bogner, J. [1500] Malaysia Monochoria hastata K002674607 Yes
Cooke, T. [s.n.] India Monochoria hastata K002674374 Yes
Forster [s.n.] Germany Monochoria hastata K002674699 Yes
Hoogland, R.D. [4778] Papua New Guinea Monochoria hastata K002674629 Yes
Loher, A. [1906] Philippines Monochoria hastata K002674647 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India Monochoria hastata K002674368 Yes
Cooke, T. [s.n.] India Monochoria hastata K002674375 Yes
Copeland, E.B. [354] Philippines Monochoria hastata K002674646 Yes
Johns, R.J.; Niga; Shanang [7458] Brunei Monochoria hastata K002674608 Yes
Hose, C. [508] Malaysia Monochoria hastata K002674605 Yes
Buwalda, P. [4849] Indonesia Monochoria hastata K002674613 Yes
s.coll. [73] Monochoria hastata K002674373 Yes
Parry, N.E. (Mrs) [246] India Monochoria hastata K002674376 Yes
Roxburgh, W. [s.n.] India Monochoria hastata K000873497 Type Yes
Lörzing [12146] Indonesia Monochoria hastata K002674598 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [21795] India Monochoria hastata K002674363 Yes
Afriastini, J.J. [795] Indonesia Monochoria hastata K002674599 Yes
Godefroy-Lebeuf, A. [S. n.] Cambodia Monochoria hastata K002674558 Yes
Hoogland, R.D. [5232] Papua New Guinea Monochoria hastata K002674627 Yes
Buwalda, P. [4849] Indonesia Monochoria hastata K002674614 Yes
s.coll. [6017] Burma Monochoria hastata K002674371 Yes
Loher, A. [1907] Philippines Monochoria hastata K002674648 Yes
Sørensen, Th.; Larsen, K.; Hansen, B. [4471] Thailand Monochoria hastata K002674557 Yes
Raynal, A. [18978] Indonesia Monochoria hastata K002674596 Yes
Carr, C.E. [11626] Papua New Guinea Monochoria hastata K002674626 Yes
Fischer; Gage [s.n.] India Monochoria hastata K002674362 Yes
Johns, R.J.; Niga; Shanang [7458] Brunei Monochoria hastata K002674610 Yes
Smith [s.n.] Monochoria hastata K002674372 Yes
Lörzing [13311] Indonesia Monochoria hastata K002674597 No
Balansa, B. [305] Vietnam Monochoria hastata K002674552 Yes
s.coll. [69] Indonesia Monochoria hastata K002674595 Yes
[G.J.] [455] India Monochoria hastata K002674367 Yes
Buwalda, P. [4849] Indonesia Monochoria hastata K002674612 Yes
[Bunnemeijerar] [6666] Indonesia Monochoria hastata K002674601 Yes
Lütjeharms, W.J. [3822] Indonesia Monochoria hastata K002674551 Yes
Verma, D.M. [689] India Monochoria hastata K002674360 Yes
Bakar [3411] Malaysia Monochoria hastata K002674611 Yes
s.coll. [14319] Philippines Monochoria hastata K002674643 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [12686] India Monochoria hastata K002674364 Yes
Clemens, J.; Clemens, M.S. [21077] Malaysia Monochoria hastata K002674604 Yes
[Mondi] [2] Indonesia Monochoria hastata K002674602 Yes
Walker [1033] Sri Lanka Monochoria hastata K002674369 Yes
Wilkin, P. [845] Thailand Monochoria hastata K002674559 Yes
Clemens, J.; Clemens, M.S. [21077] Malaysia Monochoria hastata K002674606 Yes
Wilkin, P. [845] Thailand Monochoria hastata K002674560 Yes
Garrett, H.B.G. [229] Thailand Monochoria hastata K002674556 Yes
Johns, R.J.; Niga; Shanang [7458] Brunei Monochoria hastata K002674609 Yes
Merrill, E.D. [4088] Philippines Monochoria hastata K002674645 Yes
Beccari, O. [323] Malaysia Monochoria hastata K002674603 Yes
Burke [s.n.] Papua New Guinea Monochoria hastata K002674624 Yes
Schmidt, J. [728] Thailand Monochoria hastata K002674549 Yes
s.coll. [6017] Monochoria hastata K002674370 Yes
Balansa, B. [4136] Vietnam Monochoria hastata K002674553 Yes
Wiakabu, J.; et al. [50532] Papua New Guinea Monochoria hastata K002674628 Yes
s.coll. [2931] India Monochoria hastata K002674366 Yes
Belcher, R.O. [s.n.] India Monochoria hastifolia K002674383 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Monochoria hastifolia K002674392 Yes
Harsukh [22837/a] India Monochoria hastifolia K002674382 Yes
Thomson, T. [841] India Monochoria hastifolia K002674387 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [33452] India Monochoria hastifolia K002674388 Yes
Musler [116] India Monochoria hastifolia K002674378 Yes
s.coll. [6020] Bangladesh Monochoria hastifolia K002674381 Yes
Hepper, F.N.; de Silva, G. [4761] Sri Lanka Monochoria hastifolia K002674396 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [24337] India Monochoria hastifolia K002674379 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Bangladesh Monochoria hastifolia K002674385 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [26494] India Monochoria hastifolia K002674380 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [6998] Monochoria hastifolia K002674386 Yes
Keenan, R.L. [s.n.] India Monochoria hastifolia K002674394 Yes
Craib, W.G. [179] India Monochoria hastifolia K002674391 Yes
Duthie, J.F.; Inayat [22837] India Monochoria hastifolia K002674393 Yes
s.coll. [6019] Bangladesh Monochoria hastifolia K002674390 Yes
Steinacker, M.L. [s.n.] India Monochoria hastifolia K002674384 Yes
Wood, J.J. [s.n.] India Monochoria hastifolia K002674377 Yes
s.coll. [1121] Monochoria hastifolia K002674395 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India Monochoria hastifolia K002674389 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • 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