Pontederia rotundifolia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Commelinaless

Familia: Pontederiaceae
Genus: Pontederia
Species: Pontederia rotundifolia
Name

Pontederia rotundifolia L.f., Suppl. Pl.: 192. 1782.
Synonyms

Homotypic

Pontederia rotundifolia L., Pl. Surin. 7. 1775, nom. inval.
Reussia rotundifolia (L.f.) A.Cast., Lilloa 25: 593. 1951.

Heterotypic

Pontederia brasiliensis Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f., Syst. Veg. (Roemer & Schultes) 7: 1145. 1830.
Pontederia cordifolia Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f., Syst. Veg. (Roemer & Schultes) 7: 1142. 1830.
Pontederia eriantha Miq., Linnaea 17: 60. 1843.
Pontederia falciloba Solms, Monogr. Phan. (A. de Candolle & C. de Candolle) 4: 534. 1883.
Pontederia nymphaeifolia Kunth, Enum. Pl. 4: 126. 1843.
?Pontederia renniformis Larrañaga, Escritos Damaso Antonio Larranaga 2: 134. 1923 Pub. Inst. Hist. Geog. Uruguay.
Pontederia rotundifolia var. nymphaeifolia (Kunth) Solms, Monogr. Phan. (A. de Candolle & C. de Candolle) 4: 534. 1883.
Reussia grazielae Machado, Revista Brasil. Biol. 7: 177. 1947.
Unisema orbiculata Raf., Med. Fl. 2: 108. 1830.

References

Govaerts, R. (2006). World Checklist of Monocotyledons. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens. 2009 Oct 26 [1]

Vernacular names
English: tropical pickerelweed