Pontederiaceae
| Pontederiaceae | |
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| Pontederia crassipes | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Commelinales |
| Family: | Pontederiaceae Kunth[1] |
| Genera | |
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Pontederiaceae is a family of flowering plants.
The
commelinid clade, in the monocots.[1][2] It is a small family of heterostylous aquatic plants, occurring in tropical and subtropical waters. Charles Darwin was interested in the specialized form of heterostyly found in the family, known as tristyly. Not all of the species are heterostylous. The family contains two genera with around 40 known species.[3][4]
It is best known for the water hyacinth (Heteranthera gardneri is a submerged aquatic with a two-flowered pseudanthium.
Taxonomy
The two genera within this family are:[4][5]
- )
- Pontederia L. (including Eichhornia, Monochoria, and Reussia)
References
- ^ hdl:10654/18083.
- ISSN 0024-4074.
- PMID 28794681.
- ^ PMID 30275733.
- .
External links
Media related to Pontederiaceae at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Pontederiaceae at Wikispecies- links at CSDL
