''Monochoria'' was originally a genus of
aquatic plant
Aquatic plants are plants that have adapted to living in aquatic environments (saltwater or freshwater). They are also referred to as hydrophytes or macrophytes to distinguish them from algae and other microphytes. A macrophyte is a plant that ...
s in the
water hyacinth
''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.[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 ...]
. Currently, it has been reduced to a subgenus of
Pontederia
''Pontederia'' is a genus of tristylous aquatic plants, members of which are commonly known as pickerel weeds. ''Pontederia'' is endemic to the Americas, distributed from Canada to Argentina, where it is found in shallow water or on mud. The genu ...
, ''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.
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Species
*'' Pontederia africana'' (Solms) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn
*''Pontederia australasica
''Pontederia'' is a genus of tristylous aquatic plants, members of which are commonly known as pickerel weeds. ''Pontederia'' is endemic to the Americas, distributed from Canada to Argentina, where it is found in shallow water or on mud. The genu ...
'' (Ridl.) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn
*''Pontederia brevipetiolata
''Pontederia'' is a genus of tristylous aquatic plants, members of which are commonly known as pickerel weeds. ''Pontederia'' is endemic to the Americas, distributed from Canada to Argentina, where it is found in shallow water or on mud. The genu ...
'' (Verdc.) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn
*''Pontederia cyanea
''Pontederia'' is a genus of tristylous aquatic plants, members of which are commonly known as pickerel weeds. ''Pontederia'' is endemic to the Americas, distributed from Canada to Argentina, where it is found in shallow water or on mud. The genu ...
'' (F.Muell.) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn
*''Pontederia elata
''Pontederia'' is a genus of tristylous aquatic plants, members of which are commonly known as pickerel weeds. ''Pontederia'' is endemic to the Americas, distributed from Canada to Argentina, where it is found in shallow water or on mud. The genu ...
'' (Ridl.) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn
*''Pontederia hastata
''Pontederia'' is a genus of tristylous aquatic plants, members of which are commonly known as pickerel weeds. ''Pontederia'' is endemic to the Americas, distributed from Canada to Argentina, where it is found in shallow water or on mud. The genu ...
'' L.
*''Pontederia korsakowii
''Pontederia'' is a genus of tristylous aquatic plants, members of which are commonly known as pickerel weeds. ''Pontederia'' is endemic to the Americas, distributed from Canada to Argentina, where it is found in shallow water or on mud. The genu ...
'' (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 names, including heartshape false pickerelweed and oval-leafed pondweed.
It is native to much of Asia and across many of the Pacific I ...
'' Burm. f.
*'' Pontederia valida'' (G.X.Wang & Nagam.) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn
References
External links
Pontederiaceae
Commelinales genera
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