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Pontederiaceae
Pontederiaceae is a family of flowering plants. The APG IV system of 2016 (unchanged from the APG III system of 2009, the APG II system of 2003 and the APG system of 1998) places the family in the order Commelinales, in the commelinid clade, in the monocots. It is a small family of heterostylous aquatic plants, occurring in tropical and subtropical waters. Charles Darwin was interested in the specialized form of heterostyly found in the family, known as tristyly. Not all of the species are heterostylous. The family contains two genera with around 40 known species. It is best known for the water hyacinth ('' Pontederia crassipes''), which is an invasive species in many waterways. The highly modified '' Heteranthera gardneri'' is a submerged aquatic with a two-flowered pseudanthium. Taxonomy The two genera within this family are: *'' Heteranthera'' Ruiz & Pav. (including '' Eurystemon'', '' Hydrothrix'', '' Scholleropsis'', and '' Zosterella'') *''Pontederia'' L. (including '' ...
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Pontederiaceae
Pontederiaceae is a family of flowering plants. The APG IV system of 2016 (unchanged from the APG III system of 2009, the APG II system of 2003 and the APG system of 1998) places the family in the order Commelinales, in the commelinid clade, in the monocots. It is a small family of heterostylous aquatic plants, occurring in tropical and subtropical waters. Charles Darwin was interested in the specialized form of heterostyly found in the family, known as tristyly. Not all of the species are heterostylous. The family contains two genera with around 40 known species. It is best known for the water hyacinth ('' Pontederia crassipes''), which is an invasive species in many waterways. The highly modified '' Heteranthera gardneri'' is a submerged aquatic with a two-flowered pseudanthium. Taxonomy The two genera within this family are: *'' Heteranthera'' Ruiz & Pav. (including '' Eurystemon'', '' Hydrothrix'', '' Scholleropsis'', and '' Zosterella'') *''Pontederia'' L. (including '' ...
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Hydrothrix Gardneri
''Hydrothrix'' Hook.f. was previously a monotypic flowering plant genus of Pontederiaceae, but is currently included in a broader and monophyletic ''Heteranthera''. The highly modified ''Heteranthera gardneri'' is a submerged aquatic with a two-flowered pseudanthium found in eastern Brazil. It is used as an aquarium An aquarium (plural: ''aquariums'' or ''aquaria'') is a vivarium of any size having at least one transparent side in which aquatic plants or animals are kept and displayed. Fishkeepers use aquaria to keep fish, invertebrates, amphibians, aq ... plant. References External links * ''Hydrothrix'' on keys.lucidcentral.org Monotypic Commelinales genera Pontederiaceae Flora of Brazil {{Commelinales-stub ...
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Hydrothrix
''Hydrothrix'' Hook.f. was previously a monotypic flowering plant genus of Pontederiaceae, but is currently included in a broader and monophyletic '' Heteranthera''. The highly modified ''Heteranthera gardneri'' is a submerged aquatic with a two-flowered pseudanthium A pseudanthium (Greek for "false flower"; ) is an inflorescence that resembles a flower. The word is sometimes used for other structures that are neither a true flower nor a true inflorescence. Examples of pseudanthia include flower heads, compos ... found in eastern Brazil. It is used as an aquarium plant. References External links * ''Hydrothrix'' on keys.lucidcentral.org Monotypic Commelinales genera Pontederiaceae Flora of Brazil {{Commelinales-stub ...
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Eichhornia
''Eichhornia'', commonly called water hyacinths, was a polyphyletic genus of the aquatic flowering plants family Pontederiaceae. Since it was consistently recovered in three independent lineages, it has been sunk into ''Pontederia'', together with '' Monochoria''. Each of the three lineages is currently recognized as subgenera in ''Pontederia'': * ''Pontederia'' subg. ''Cabanisia'', which includes '' P. meyeri'', '' P. paniculata'' (the Brazilian water hyacinth), and '' P. paradoxa'' * ''Pontederia'' subg. ''Oshunae'', which includes the common water hyacinth, '' P. crassipes'' * ''Pontederia'' subg. ''Eichhornia'', which includes '' P. azurea'', '' P. diversifolia'', '' P. heterosperma'', and '' P. natans'' ''Pontederia'' subg. ''Eichhornia'' is pantropical, centered in South America but with '' P. natans'' being endemic to continental Africa and Madagascar. The other three species are restricted to the Neotropics. It was named in honour of , an early-19th-century Prussian min ...
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Heterostyly
Heterostyly is a unique form of polymorphism and herkogamy in flowers. In a heterostylous species, two or three morphological types of flowers, termed "morphs", exist in the population. On each individual plant, all flowers share the same morph. The flower morphs differ in the lengths of the pistil and stamens, and these traits are not continuous. The morph phenotype is genetically linked to genes responsible for a unique system of self-incompatibility, termed heteromorphic self-incompatibility, that is, the pollen from a flower on one morph cannot fertilize another flower of the same morph. Heterostylous plants having two flower morphs are termed " distylous". In one morph (termed "pin", "longistylous", or "long-styled" flower) the stamens are short and the pistils are long; in the second morph (termed "thrum", "brevistylous", or "short-styled" flower) the stamens are long and the pistils are short; the length of the pistil in one morph equals the length of the stamens in the ...
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Commelinales
Commelinales is an order of flowering plants. It comprises five families: Commelinaceae, Haemodoraceae, Hanguanaceae, Philydraceae, and Pontederiaceae. All the families combined contain over 885 species in about 70 genera; the majority of species are in the Commelinaceae. Plants in the order share a number of synapomorphies that tie them together, such as a lack of mycorrhizal associations and tapetal raphides. Estimates differ as to when the Commelinales evolved, but most suggest an origin and diversification sometime during the mid- to late Cretaceous. Depending on the methods used, studies suggest a range of origin between 123 and 73 million years, with diversification occurring within the group 110 to 66 million years ago. The order's closest relatives are in the Zingiberales, which includes ginger, bananas, cardamom, and others.Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, November 2011. Taxonomy According to the most recent classification scheme ...
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Monochoria Vaginalis In Kadavoor
''Monochoria'' was originally a genus of aquatic plants in the water hyacinth family, Pontederiaceae. Currently, it has been reduced to a subgenus of Pontederia, ''Pontederia'' subg. ''Monochoria'', represented by ten species (listed below). Its species are native to tropical and subtropical Africa, Asia, and Oceania. They live in the water or in wet soils. They produce leaves on long petioles and some are cultivated for their attractive flowers. Species *'' Pontederia africana'' (Solms) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn *''Pontederia australasica'' (Ridl.) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn *''Pontederia brevipetiolata'' (Verdc.) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn *''Pontederia cyanea'' (F.Muell.) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn *''Pontederia elata'' (Ridl.) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn *''Pontederia hastata'' L. *''Pontederia korsakowii'' (Regel & Maack) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn *'' Pontederia plantaginea'' Roxb. *''Pontederia vaginalis ''Monochoria vaginalis'' is a species of flowering plant in the water hyacinth family known by several common na ...
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Monochoria
''Monochoria'' was originally a genus of aquatic plants in the water hyacinth family, Pontederiaceae. Currently, it has been reduced to a subgenus of Pontederia, ''Pontederia'' subg. ''Monochoria'', represented by ten species (listed below). Its species are native to tropical and subtropical Africa, Asia, and Oceania. They live in the water or in wet soils. They produce leaves on long petioles and some are cultivated for their attractive flowers. Species *'' Pontederia africana'' (Solms) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn *''Pontederia australasica'' (Ridl.) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn *''Pontederia brevipetiolata'' (Verdc.) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn *''Pontederia cyanea'' (F.Muell.) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn *''Pontederia elata'' (Ridl.) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn *''Pontederia hastata'' L. *''Pontederia korsakowii'' (Regel & Maack) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn *'' Pontederia plantaginea'' Roxb. *''Pontederia vaginalis ''Monochoria vaginalis'' is a species of flowering plant in the water hyacinth family known by several common na ...
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Eichhornia Crassipes
''Pontederia crassipes'' (formerly ''Eichhornia crassipes''), commonly known as common water hyacinth is an aquatic plant native to South America, naturalized throughout the world, and often invasive species, invasive outside its native range.''Pontederia crassipes''
Kew Royal Botanic Gardens Plants of the World Online. Accessed April 19, 2022.
''Eichhornia crassipes''
Kew Royal Botanic Gardens Plants of the World Online. Accessed April 19, 2022.

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Heteranthera
''Heteranthera'' is a genus of aquatic plants in the water hyacinth family, Pontederiaceae, known generally as mud plantains. Species of this genus are native to tropical and subtropical America and Africa. They live in the water or in wet soils. They produce leaves on long petioles and some are cultivated for their attractive flowers. Leaves are of two types - linear and submerged or orbicular and floating. Some species have cleistogamic flowers. Selected species *'' Heteranthera callifolia'' (syn. ''H. callaefolia'') *''Heteranthera dubia'' ( Jacq.) MacMill. – Grassleaf mud plantain, water stargrass *'' Heteranthera limosa'' ( Sw.) Willd. Carl Ludwig Willdenow (22 August 1765 – 10 July 1812) was a German botanist, pharmacist, and plant taxonomist. He is considered one of the founders of phytogeography, the study of the geographic distribution of plants. Willdenow was al ... – Blue mud plantain, ducksalad *'' Heteranthera mexicana'' S.Watson – ...
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Pontederia Crassipes
''Pontederia crassipes'' (formerly ''Eichhornia crassipes''), commonly known as common water hyacinth is an aquatic plant native to South America, naturalized throughout the world, and often invasive outside its native range.''Pontederia crassipes''
Kew Royal Botanic Gardens Plants of the World Online. Accessed April 19, 2022.
''Eichhornia crassipes''
Kew Royal Botanic Gardens Plants of the World Online. Accessed April 19, 2022.

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APG III System
The APG III system of flowering plant classification is the third version of a modern, mostly molecular-based, system of plant taxonomy being developed by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG). Published in 2009, it was superseded in 2016 by a further revision, the APG IV system. Along with the publication outlining the new system, there were two accompanying publications in the same issue of the Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society: * The first, by Chase & Reveal, was a formal phylogenetic classification of all land plants (embryophytes), compatible with the APG III classification. As the APG have chosen to eschew ranks above order, this paper was meant to fit the system into the existing Linnaean hierarchy for those that prefer such a classification. The result was that all land plants were placed in the class Equisetopsida, which was then divided into 16 subclasses and a multitude of superorders. * The second, by Haston ''et al.'', was a linear sequence of families followi ...
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