Taxon: Pontederia rotundifolia L. f.

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:

FLª.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Common names:

• tropical pickerel-weed   (Source: FL AquaNoxweed ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• Weed
  

Distributional range:

      Native:

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Western South America: Ecuador; Peru
  Southern South America: Argentina

References:

• Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. (L Peru)
• Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants. Florida state list aquatic & wetland noxious weeds - from Department of Environmental Protection - on-line document. (FL AquaNoxweed)
• Horn, C. N. 1987. Flora of Ecuador. (F Ecuador) 29:5.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Pontederia rotundifolia.

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

Synonyms:

• (≡) Reussia rotundifolia (L. f.) A. Cast.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other databases for Pontederia rotundifolia L. f.:

• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• 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.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• 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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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?401022 (09 February 2010)

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