Taxon: Pontederia cordata L.

• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

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:

CAª*, PRª.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

See also subordinate taxa:

• Pontederia cordata var. cordata (no accessions)

Common names:

• lance-leaf pickerel-weed   (Source: Names Beetle [as P. lanceolata]) – English   [Pontederia cordata var. cordata]
  
• pickerel-weed   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  
• jongsnoekkruid   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – Afrikaans
  
• pontederia   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Weed   (fide Weeds SAfr 2001)
  

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View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas
  Mexico
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Mesoamerica: Belize; Costa Rica
  Brazil: Brazil
  Western South America: Bolivia; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru
  Southern South America: Argentina; Paraguay; Uruguay

• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia [s.e.]

References:

• Australia's Virtual Herbarium (on-line resource).
• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• 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.
• Jarvis, C. 2007. Order out of chaos: Linnean plant names and their types.
• Mohr, C. 1901. Plant life of Alabama. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 6:430.
• Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74., 1999
• Webster's third new international dictionary.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Pontederia cordata.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Pontederia cordata.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Pontederia cordata.

Synonyms:

• Pontederia cordata var. lancifolia (Muhl.) Torr. [= Pontederia cordata var. cordata]
  
• Pontederia lanceolata Nutt. [= Pontederia cordata var. cordata]
  
• "Pontederia lancifolia Muhl., nom. nud." [= Pontederia cordata var. cordata]
  

Check other web resources for Pontederia cordata L.:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• 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.

Images:

• 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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• 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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