Echinodorus

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Alismatales

Familia: Alismataceae
Genus: Echinodorus
Species: E. berteroi – E. bracteatus – E. cordifolius – E. cylindricus – E. decumbens – E. densinervis – E. emersus – E. floribundus – E. gabrielii – E. glandulosus – E. glaucus – E. grandiflorus – E. grisebachii – E. heikobleheri – E. horizontalis – E. inpai – E. lanceolatus – E. longipetalus – E. longiscapus – E. macrophyllus – E. major – E. palifolius – E. paniculatus – E. pseudohorizontalis – E. pubescens – E. reptilis – E. scaber – E. subalatus – E. trialatus – E. tunicatus – E. uruguayensis
Source(s) of checklist:
Name

Echinodorus Rich., Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 1: 365. 1815.

Type species: Echinodorus rostratus (Nutt.) Engelm. ex A.Gray vide Small (1909)
Synonymy

Homotypic
Echinodorus Rich. ex Engelm in A.Gray, Manual Bot. 460. 1848, nom. superfl.

Heterotypic
Echinodorus sect. Berteroii Rataj, Stud. Ceskoslov. Akad. Ved. 2(Rev. Gen. Echinodorus): 23. 1975.
Type species: Echinodorus berteroi (Spreng.) Fassett
Echinodorus sect. Cordifolii Rataj, Stud. Ceskoslov. Akad. Ved. 2(Rev. Gen. Echinodorus): 48. 1975.
Type species: Echinodorus cordifolius (L.) Griseb.
Echinodorus sect. Intermedii Rataj, Stud. Ceskoslov. Akad. Ved. 2(Rev. Gen. Echinodorus): 28. 1975.
Type species: Echinodorus intermedius (Mart. ex Schult.f.) Griseb.
Echinodorus sect. Longipetali Rataj, Stud. Ceskoslov. Akad. Ved. 2(Rev. Gen. Echinodorus): 44. 1975.
Type species: Echinodorus longipetalus Micheli
Echinodorus sect. Macrophyllii Rataj, Stud. Ceskoslov. Akad. Ved. 2(Rev. Gen. Echinodorus): 60. 1975.
Type species: Echinodorus macrophyllus (Kunth) Micheli
Echinodorus sect. Palaedollii Rataj, Stud. Ceskoslov. Akad. Ved. 2(Rev. Gen. Echinodorus): 34. 1975.
Type species: Echinodorus palaefolius (Nees & Mart.) J.F. Macbr.
Echinodorus sect. Paniculati Rataj, Stud. Ceskoslov. Akad. Ved. 2(Rev. Gen. Echinodorus): 65. 1975.
Type species: Echinodorus paniculatus Micheli
Echinodorus sect. Portoalegrensii Rataj, Stud. Ceskoslov. Akad. Ved. 2(Rev. Gen. Echinodorus): 69. 1975.
Type species: Echinodorus portoalegrensis Rataj
Echinodorus sect. Uruguayensii Rataj, Stud. Ceskoslov. Akad. Ved. 2(Rev. Gen. Echinodorus): 42. 1975.
Type species: Echinodorus uruguayensis Arechav.

Note:

Richard's publication is a nom. subnud., but recommended as validly published by The Nomenclature Committee for Vascular Plants, see Applequist (2012).
References

Applequist (2012) Taxon 61(5): 1117.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Echinodorus in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Mar 15. Reference page.
Lehtonen, S. (2008) An integrative approach to species delimitation in Echinodorus (Alismataceae) and the description of two new species. Kew Bulletin 63: 525–563.
Lehtonen, S. & Myllys, L. (2008) Cladistic analysis of Echinodorus (Alismataceae): simultaneous analysis of molecular and morphological data Cladistics 24(2): 218–239.
Rataj, K. (2004) "A New Revision of the Swordplant genus Echinodorus Richard 1848 (Alismataceae)." Aqua: Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology, Special Publication No. 1.
Richard, L.C.M. (1815) Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 1: 365.
Small, J.K. (1909) N. Amer. Fl. 17(1): 46.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Echinodorus. .
USDA: GRIN Taxonomy for Plants[1] (23 March 2006).

Vernacular names
български: Ехинодорус
Deutsch: Schwertpflanzen
eesti: Ehhinoodor
suomi: Vesimiekat, miekkalehdet, vitasarpiot