Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.
Pontederiaceae Kunth
Pontederia crassipes Mart.
, legitimate , scientific
Martius, C.F.P. von (1823) , Nova Genera et Species Plantarum 1 :
9, t. 4
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"Habitat in stagnis ad fluvium St. Francisci prope Malhada, vicum Provincia brasiliensis Minas dictae, Bahiensi conterminum."
Hooker, W.J. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1829) , Botanical Magazine 56 :
t. 2932
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Pontederia azurea Sw.
legitimate
Solms-Laubach, H.M.C.L.F. zu in Candolle, A.L.P.P. & Candolle, A.C.P. (1883) , Pontederiaceae. Monographiae Phanerogamarum 4 :
527
[basionym]
basionym of:
Eichhornia crassipes ( Mart.) Solms
legitimate
Domin, K. (1915) , Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85) :
512
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Eichhornia crassipes ( Mart.) Solms
legitimate
Audas, J.W.C. & Morris, P.F. (1925) , Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Victoria 23 :
445
[secondary reference]
Backer, C.A. (December 1951) , Pontederiaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 4(3) :
259
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Eichhornia crassipes ( Mart.) Solms
legitimate
Evans, O.D. (1966) , Pontederiaceae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 30 :
2
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Eichhornia crassipes ( Mart.) Solms
legitimate
Aston, H.I. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1987) , Pontederiaceae. Flora of Australia 45 :
52
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Eichhornia crassipes ( Mart.) Solms
legitimate
Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989) , Pontederiaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3 :
52
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Eichhornia crassipes ( Mart.) Solms
legitimate
Conn, B.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994) , Hydatellaceae - Pontederia. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2 :
636
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Eichhornia crassipes ( Mart.) Solms
legitimate
Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994) , Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49 :
502
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Eichhornia crassipes ( Mart.) Solms
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Eichhornia crassipes ( Mart.) Solms
legitimate
Pellegrini, M.O.O., Horn, C.N. & Almeida, R.F. (2018) , Total evidence phylogeny of Pontederiaceae (Commelinales) sheds light on the necessity of its recircumscription and synopsis of Pontederia L. Phytokeys 108 :
63
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Eichhornia crassipes ( Mart.) Solms
legitimate
Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (24 June 2021) , Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2020. Nuytsia 32 :
10
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Eichhornia crassipes ( Mart.) Solms
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Eichhornia crassipes ( Mart.) Solms
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Eichhornia speciosa Kunth
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Heteranthera formosa Miq.
legitimate
misapplication:
Pontederia azurea Sw.
legitimate
by Hooker, W.J. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1829) , Botanical Magazine 56 : t. 2932
APC Comment:
Treated as Eichhornia crassipes in Qld.
APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), NI (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)