Pontederiaceae
Pontederia

Pontederia paniculata Spreng.

First published in Neue Entdeck. Pflanzenk. 3: 18 (1822)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Florida, S. Mexico to Tropical America. It is a hydroperennial and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Florida, Jamaica, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Guyana

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 paniculata.]

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

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.
  • Forzza, R.C. & al. (2013). Lista de Espécies da Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • 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.
  • 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?
Mar 5, 2013 Brazil K000837824 No
Jul 22, 2009 Brazil K000644007 No
Jul 22, 2009 Brazil K000644008 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Eichhornia tricolor K002674072 Yes
Nov 24, 2015 Gardner [s.n.] Brazil Eichhornia paniculata K000837824 Yes
Jan 1, 1997 Silva, L.A.M.; Santos, T.S.; Brito, H.S. [302] Brazil Eichhornia paniculata K000837820 Yes
Oct 1, 1996 França, F.; Melo, E.; Bezerra, M.; Oliveira, A. [1762] Brazil Eichhornia paniculata K000837823 Yes
Dec 7, 1993 Agra, M.F.; Gois, G. [578] Brazil Eichhornia paniculata K000837815 Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Hatschbach, G.G.; Hatschbach, M.; Barbosa, E. [56967] Brazil Eichhornia paniculata K000837817 Yes
Feb 27, 1984 Hage, J.L.; Santos, T.S.; Barreto, L.A.S. [1717] Brazil Eichhornia paniculata K000837822 Yes
Giulietti, A.M.; Harley, R.M.; Hind, N. [9939] Brazil Eichhornia paniculata K000837821 Yes
Wright, C. [3264] Cuba Eichhornia paniculata K002673931 Yes
Sena, T.S.N.; Sena, M.P. [7] Brazil Eichhornia paniculata K000837818 Yes
Robertson, E.T. [s.n.] Jamaica Eichhornia paniculata K002673937 Yes
Curdie [s.n.] Jamaica Eichhornia paniculata K002673934 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Eichhornia paniculata K002674071 Yes
Wright, C. [3263] Cuba Eichhornia paniculata K002673932 Yes
[Distan] [s.n.] Jamaica Eichhornia paniculata K002673935 Yes
[W.J.H] [1300] Jamaica Eichhornia paniculata K002673930 Yes
{Wm. Harris} [12071] Jamaica Eichhornia paniculata K002673927 Yes
Eichhornia paniculata K:SPC-05587.000 No
[Ladyem] [s.n.] Jamaica Eichhornia paniculata K002673933 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Jamaica Eichhornia paniculata K002673936 Yes
Ule, E. [8992] Brazil Eichhornia paniculata K000837819 Yes
Sanderman, C. [2049] Brazil Eichhornia paniculata K000837816 Yes
Jany [s.n.] Eichhornia paniculata K002673926 Yes
Gardner [1168] Brazil Eichhornia paniculata K000644008 Unknown Type Material Yes
Prance, G.T. [30720] Brazil Eichhornia paniculata K000837814 Yes
Gardner [1168] Brazil Eichhornia paniculata K000644007 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Guyana Eichhornia paniculata K002674008 Yes
Jenman [4536] Guyana Eichhornia paniculata K002674009 Yes
Shafer, J.A. [12339] Eichhornia paniculata K002673929 Yes
{Wm. Harris} [11821] Jamaica Eichhornia paniculata K002673928 Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Goyder, D.J.; Mamani, F. [13215] Bolivia Eichhornia paniculata K002674042 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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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