Pontederiaceae
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Pontederiaceae is the botanical name of a family of flowering plants. Such a family has been recognized by relatively few taxonomists.
The APG II system, of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system, of 1998), does recognize such a family and places it in the order Commelinales, in the clade commelinids, in the monocots. It then is a small family of aquatic plants, occurring in tropical and subtropical waters. It probably counts less than three dozen species.
It is best known for the water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes), which is a pest in all too many waterways.
[edit] External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
- Pontederiaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards).
- The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. Version: 9th March 2006. http://delta-intkey.com.
- Pontederiaceae in the Flora of North America
- Pontederiaceae in the Flora of China
- NCBI Taxonomy Browser
- links at CSDL
