Podostemum

Podostemum ceratophyllum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Podostemaceae
Subfamilia: Podostemoideae
Genus: Podostemum
Species: P. ceratophyllum – P. comatum – P. distichum – P. irgangii – P. muelleri – P. ovatum – P. rutifolium – P. saldanhanum – P. scaturiginum – P. weddellianum

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Podostemum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 February 16. Reference page.

Name

Podostemum Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. (Michaux) 2: 164, t. 44. (1803)

• Type species: Podostemum ceratophyllum Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. (Michaux) 2: 165. t. 44.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Dicraeia Thouars in Gen. Nov. Madagasc.: 2 (1806), nom. illeg. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Crenias Spreng. in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 4(2): 246 (1827)
  • Dicraea Tul. in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 11: 100 (1849), orth. var.
  • Mavaelia Trimen in Handb. Fl. Ceylon 3: 419 (1895), not validly publ.
  • Mniopsis Mart. in Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. Bras. 1: 3 (1824), nom. illeg. homonym. post.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Cosmopolitan Regionalː New World Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Arkansas, Belize, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Georgia, Honduras, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Uruguay, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Michaux, A. 1803. Flora Boreali-Americana: sistens caracteres plantarum quas in America septentrionali collegit et detexit Andreas Michaux. Vol. 2. 340 pp. Parisiis et Argentorati [Paris & Strasbourg]: fratres Levrault. BHL Reference page. ː 2: 164, 183

Additional references

• Philbrick, C.T. 2004. Monograph of Podostemum (Podostemaceae). Systematic Botany Monographs 70: 1–106. DOI: 10.2307/25027922 . Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Podostemum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Apr. 21. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2020. Podostemum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Apr. 21. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Podostemum. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 21 2020. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Podostemum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Apr. 2020. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• العربية: بدوستمون
• English: riverweed

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