Herbaria

Family

Pontederiaceae

subfamily

Genus

Pontederia L.

Species

Pontederia crassipes Mart.

herbariaSubsps

herbariaVariety

Authority

Mart.

citation

Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. Beas. 1(1): 9, t. 4 (1823)

herbariaSynonyms

Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.)Solms

Eichhornia speciosa Kunth

DiagnosticCharacters

herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory

TANE (Nv- Mm- Dg)

CAI (Mm-Nv)

herbariaSubLocality

herbariaDetailedLocality

herbariaDate

herbariaCollector

herbariaCollectorNo

herbariaNoOfSheets

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

TANE

CAI

herbariaBarCode

herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

TANE (25)

CAI (63)

Habitat

Fresh water,irregation canals drains, ponds, channels and brackish water

FlFrperiod

May- September

LifeForm

Hydrophyte

LifeSpan

Perennial

herbariaArabicName

Ward el Nil- ورد النيل

Yasent El Maya ياسنت الميه

Zoqqeym زقيم

EnglishName

water hyacinth

herbariaUses

Fodder

medicinal

fuel

GlobalDistribution

Pantropic

Chorology

PAN

herbariaIUCNcategriesAvailable

herbariaBibliography

herbariaFullCitation

Täckholm, V and Drar. 1950. Flora of Egypt. Vol.2:Bull.Fac.Sci. 28: 547

Boulos, L. 2009. Flora of Egypt Checklist, Revised annotated edition, Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo, Egypt

Täckholm, V. 1974. Students' Flora of Egypt ed.2. Cairo University

Boulos, L.2005. Pontederiaceae in Flora of Egypt, vol 4. Al Hadara publishing, Cairo, Egypt