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Heteranthera Ruiz & Pav.

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Fl. Peruv. Prodr.: 9 (1794)

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Liliopsida
order
Commelinales
family
Pontederiaceae
genus
Heteranthera

Name

Synonyms
Buchosia Vell.
Eurystemon Alexander
Heterandra P.Beauv.
Hookerina Kuntze
Hydrothrix Hook.f.
Leptanthus Michx.
Lunania Raf.
Phrynium Loefl. ex Kuntze
Phrynium Loefl., 1758
Schollera Schreb.
Scholleropsis H.Perrier
Triexastima Raf.
Zosterella Small
Homonyms
Heteranthera Ruiz & Pav.
Common names
Cucharillas y orejas de agua in Spanish
Heteranthera in English
Heteranthera in English
Hétéranthère in French
Mud Plantain in English
Mudplantain in English
bahník in Slovak
bändelörtssläktet in Swedish
hétéranthères in French
karttulehdet in Finnish
mud plantain in English
mud plantain in English
mud plantain in English
mud plantains in English
mudplantain in English
สกุล น้ำตาเทียน in Thai
アメリカコナギ属 in Japanese
異蕊花屬 in Chinese
bändelörtssläktet in Swedish
mud plantain in English

Bibliographic References

  1. (2023) Plants of the World Online
  2. Farr, E. R.; Zijlstra, G. (eds). (1996-current). Index Nominum Genericorum (ING). A compilation of generic names published for organisms covered by the ICN: International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants. [previously: organisms covered by the International Code for Botanical Nomenclature] (2007 version).
  3. Farr, E. R.; Zijlstra, G. (eds). (1996-current). Index Nominum Genericorum (ING). A compilation of generic names published for organisms covered by the ICN: International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants. [previously: organisms covered by the International Code for Botanical Nomenclature] (2007 version).
  4. GRIN Taxonomy for Plants: U.S. National Plant Germplasm Resources Information Network, September 2011 version. Available online at https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomyquery.aspx.
  5. GRIN Taxonomy for Plants: U.S. National Plant Germplasm Resources Information Network, September 2011 version. Available online at https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomyquery.aspx.
  6. GRIN Taxonomy for Plants: U.S. National Plant Germplasm Resources Information Network, September 2011 version. Available online at https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomyquery.aspx.
  7. Horn, Charles N. / Flora of North America Editorial Committee (eds.), 2002: Pontederiaceae: Pickerel-weed Family. Flora of North America North of Mexico, vol. 26: Magnoliophyta: Liliidae: Liliales and Orchidales. 37-46.
  8. Horn, Charles N., 2020: Two new species of Heteranthera (Pontederiaceae) in North America. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, vol. 14, no. 1. 1-8.
  9. Pellegrini, Marco O. O., Charles N. Horn, and Rafael F. Almeida, 2018: Total evidence phylogeny of Pontederiaceae (Commelinales) sheds light on the necessity of its recircumscription and synopsis of Pontederia L.. PhytoKeys, vol. 108. 25-83.
  10. SN2000/Takhtajan, 1997
  11. as per family
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