Pontederia crassipes

Pontederia crassipes, Açude Sumé, Sumé, Paraíba, Brazil

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Commelinales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Commelinales

Familia: Pontederiaceae
Genus: Pontederia
Species: Pontederia crassipes

Name

Pontederia crassipes Mart., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 1: 9, t. 4. (1823)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Piaropus crassipes (Martius) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 81. (1837)
  • Eichhornia speciosa Kunth, Enum. Pl. 4: 131. (1843) nom. superfl.
  • Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms, Monogr. Phan. (Alph. de Candolle) 4: 527. (1883)
• Heterotypic
  • Piaropus mesomelas Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 81. (1837)
  • Heteranthera formosa Miq., Linnaea 17: 60. (1843)
  • Pontederia elongata Balf., Proc. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 1855: 50. (1855)
  • Eichhornia crassicaulis Schltdl., Abh. Naturf. Ges. Halle 6: 177. (1862)
  • Pontederia crassicaulis Schltdl., Abh. Naturf. Ges. Halle 6: 177. (1862), orth. var.
  • Eichhornia cordifolia Gand., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 294. (1919 publ. 1920), nom. illeg.

References

• Martius, C.F.P. von 1823. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum quas in Itinere... Munchen 2: 81.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Pontederia crassipes in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 July 14. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Pontederia crassipes. Published online. Accessed: July 14 2021.
• Pellegrini, M.O., Horn, C.N. & Almeida, R.F. 2018. Total evidence phylogeny of Pontederiaceae (Commelinales) sheds light on the necessity of its recircumscription and synopsis of Pontederia L. PhytoKeys 108: 25-83. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.108.27652 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Waterhiasint
čeština: Tokozelka vodní hyacint
Deutsch: Dickstielige Wasserhyazinthe
English: Common Water-hyacinth
español: Jacinto de agua común
suomi: Vesihyasintti
français: Jacinthe d'eau
magyar: Közönséges vízijácint
italiano: Giacinto d'acqua
日本語: ホテイアオイ
മലയാളം: കുളവാഴ
Nederlands: Waterhyacint
polski: Hiacynt wodny
svenska: Vattenhyacint
ไทย: ผักตบชวา
lea faka-Tonga: Hainitevai
українська: Водяний гіацинт
Tiếng Việt: Bèo tây
中文: 凤眼蓝

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