Taxon: Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms

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

Link to species profile at

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:

• Environmental: ornamental; soil improver   (green manure fide Pl Res SEAs A:116. 1989; Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Weed: also potential seed contaminant   (fide Rep NCEPPC; Invasive Pl Spec; Weeds SAfr 2001)
  

More:

View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

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

• widely naturalized in tropics & subtropics

References:

• Conant, P. et al. 1997. Appendix. Selected plant species interfering with resource management goals in North American natural areas. In J. O. Luken & J. W. Thieret, eds., Assessment and management of plant invasions. (Pl Invasion)
• Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds. 1997. Auxiliary plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). (Pl Res SEAs) 11:118–121.
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop - on-line resource. (Ecocrop)
• Görts-van Rijn, A. R. A., ed. 1986–. Flora of the Guianas. (F Guianas)
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12. (Weeds SAfr 2001)
• Malezasdemexico. Malezas de México - on-line resource. (Malezas Mex)
• Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. 1992. Noxious weeds of Australia. (Noxweed Aust)
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
• Spichiger, R., ed. 1985–. Flora del Paraguay. (F Parag)
• USDA National Agricultural Library. National Invasive Species Information Center (Nat Invasive Sp Info)
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. (Invasive Pl Spec)
• Westphal, E. & P. C. M. Jansen, eds. 1989. A selection. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). (Pl Res SEAs) A:116.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Eichhornia crassipes.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Eichhornia crassipes. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Pontederia crassipes Mart. (basionym)
  

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:

• Forestry Images: Images of invasive weeds from www.forestryimages.org
• Fruit: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seeds: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional 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.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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