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Taxon: Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms

Genus: Eichhornia
Family: Pontederiaceae.
Nomen number: 318848
Place of publication: A. L. P. P. de Candolle & A. C. de Candolle, Monogr. phan. 4:527. 1883
Name verified on: 01-Nov-1993 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 19-Oct-1999
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

SPECIES RESTRICTED BECAUSE STATE NOXIOUS WEED
A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:
ALª*, AZ°, CAª, PRª, SCª, TXª.
ªAquatic. *Terrestrial. °In seed.
Link to noxious weed information from Invaders Database System
Link to species profile at National Invasive Species Information Center

Common names:

  • water-hyacinth   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  • waterhiasint   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – Afrikaans
  • jacinthe d'eau   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  • Wasserhyazinthe   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  • jacinto-aquático   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  • aguapé   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • aguapé-de-flor-roxa   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • camalote   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • jacinto-d'água   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • mururê   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • orquídea-d'água   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • rainha-dos-lagos   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • lechuguilla   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish

Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Northern South America: French Guiana; Guyana; Suriname; Venezuela
    Brazil: Brazil [n.e.]

      Naturalized:
  • widely naturalized in tropics & subtropics

References:

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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms:

  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?318848 (09 February 2010)

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