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As classified in WFO snapshot

December 2023

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Pontederia L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 288 (1753)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000030906.

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Synonyms of Pontederia

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Cabanisia	Klotzsch ex Schltdl.	Abh. Naturf. Ges. Halle 6: 176. 1862.	wfo-4000005866
Calcarunia	Raf.	Med. Fl. 2: 106. 1830.	wfo-4000005985
Carigola	Raf.	Fl. Tellur. 2: 10. 1836[1837]. (Jan-Mar 1837)	wfo-4000006720
Eichhornia	Kunth	Enum. Pl. 4: 129 (1843)	wfo-4000013067
Hirschtia	Schumann ex Schwartz	Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 139: 41. 1927.	wfo-4000017986
Monochoria	C.Presl	Reliq. Haenk. 1: 127 (1827)	wfo-4000024685
Piaropus	Raf.	Fl. Tellur. 2: 81. 1836[1837]. (Jan-Mar 1837)	wfo-4000029597
Reussia	Endl.	Gen. Pl. 139. 1836.	wfo-4000032800
Umsema	Raf.	Med. Repos. 5: 352. 1808.	wfo-4000039748
Unisema	Raf.	Med. Repos. , ser. 2, 5: 192 (1808)	wfo-4000039774

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Pontederia:

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Pontederia belophylla	Voigt	Hort. Suburb. Calcutt. : 645 (1845)		wfo-0000500908
Pontederia cernua	L. ex B.D.Jacks.	Index Linn. Herb. 129 (1912), nomen.		wfo-0001355242
Pontederia coerulea	Maund ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. ii. 380 (Quid ?).		wfo-0001355243
Pontederia gigantea	D.J.Sousa	Phytotaxa 432(3): 253. 2020		wfo-1000024273
Pontederia montevideensis	hort. ex Gentil	Pl. Cult. Serres Jard. Bot. Brux. 160 (1907), nomen.		wfo-0001355244
Pontederia oblonga	Larrañaga	Escritos D. A. Larrañaga 2: 134 (1923)		wfo-0000501160
Pontederia obtusissima	hort. ex Miq.	Fl. Ned. Ind. iii. 239 (1855), in syn.		wfo-0001355245
Pontederia reflexa	D.J.Sousa	Phytotaxa 432(3): 257. 2020		wfo-1000024274
Pontederia reniformis	Larrañaga	Escritos D. A. Larrañaga 2: 134 (1923)		wfo-0000501236
Pontederia rheedei	Suresh & Nicolson	–	—	wfo-0001104626
Pontederia subgen. Cabanisia	(Klotzsch ex Schltdl.) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn	PhytoKeys 108:50:00. 2018		wfo-1000006441
Pontederia subgen. Eichhornia	(Kunth) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn	PhytoKeys 108: 64. 2018		wfo-1000006442
Pontederia subgen. Monochoria	(C.Presl) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn	PhytoKeys 108:54:00. 2018		wfo-1000006443
Pontederia subgen. Oshunae	M.Pell. & C.N.Horn	PhytoKeys 108: 61. 2018		wfo-1000006444