Family · Monocots
Pontederiaceae
Water hyacinth, pickerelweed
Aquatic and marsh herbs with showy flowers; includes the invasive water hyacinth.
- Accepted species
- 47accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genera
- 2accepted genera · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈13 MaNeogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Southern Americamost native species · WGSRPD
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Plants you might know
- Water hyacinth
- Pickerelweed
- Eichhornia
- Pontederia
Genera
Pontederia27 spp.
Heteranthera20 spp.
Where it grows
- Southern America30
- Northern America19
- Asia-Temperate6
- Asia-Tropical6
- Africa5
- Australasia4
- Europe1
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.
Related families
Pontederiaceae sits in the order Commelinales.