Four species (from Pellegrini et al. 2018):[1] Eichhornia azurea - Anchored water hyacinth Eichhornia diversifolia - Variableleaf water hyacinth Eichhornia heterosperma Eichhornia natans
Eichhornia, commonly called water hyacinths, was a polyphyletic genus of the aquatic flowering plants family Pontederiaceae. Since it was consistently recovered in three independent lineages, it has been sunk into Pontederia, together with Monochoria. Each of the three lineages is currently recognized as subgenera in Pontederia:
Pontederia subg. Cabanisia, which includes P. meyeri, P. paniculata (the Brazilian water hyacinth), and P. paradoxa
Pontederia subg. Oshunae, which includes the common water hyacinth, P. crassipes
Pontederia subg. Eichhornia, which includes P. azurea, P. diversifolia, P. heterosperma, and P. natans
Pontederia subg. Eichhornia is pantropical, centered in South America but with P. natans being endemic to continental Africa and Madagascar. The other three species are restricted to the Neotropics.
It was named in honour of Friedrich Eichhorn [de], an early-19th-century Prussian minister of education.[2]
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^Umberto Quattrocchi (19 April 2016). CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants. CRC Press. p. 1524. ISBN 978-1-4822-5064-0. Named after Johann Albrecht Friedrich Eichhorn, [...] a Prussian minister of education and public welfare, court advisor
Eichhornia, commonly called water hyacinths, was a polyphyletic genus of the aquatic flowering plants family Pontederiaceae. Since it was consistently...
Pontederia crassipes (formerly Eichhornia crassipes), commonly known as common water hyacinth, is an aquatic plant native to South America, naturalized...
type species of Pontederia subg. Eichhornia, which was previously recognized as part of the polyphyletic genus Eichhornia. It is of some interest as an aquarium...
the genus Eichhornia (Pontederiaceae). For example, Eichhornia azurea exhibits distyly, whereas another species in the same genus, Eichhornia crassipes...
incorrect notion is that the old word nilad refers to the water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) that grows on the banks of the Pasig River. This plant species...
reduce the spread of the water hyacinth (Pontederia crassipes, formerly Eichhornia crassipes), an invasive aquatic plant native to South America that has...
duck. The wetland's rich floating vegetation comprises the following: Eichhornia crassipes dominates in 50% of the area. Azolla sp. are sparsely seen in...
been introduced into North America as biocontrol of the invasive plant Eichhornia crassipes (water hyacinth). "Neochetina bruchi Report". Integrated Taxonomic...
"Effects of light quality and quantity on growth of the clonal plant Eichhornia crassipes". Oecologia. 84 (2): 265–271. Bibcode:1990Oecol..84..265M. doi:10...
plants. Water buffaloes eat reeds, Arundo donax, a kind of Cyperaceae, Eichhornia crassipes, and Juncaceae. Some of these plants are of great value to local...
2010). "Ecological and socio-economic impacts of invasive water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes): a review". Freshwater Biology. 55 (2): 282–298. Bibcode:2010FrBio...
(Gyps bengalensis). Invasive species including common water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) threaten the site, along with the effects of urban development...
Magdalena River, one can find species such as Eichhornia azurea, Typha angustifolia, Heliconia, Eichhornia crassipes, Anacardium excelsum, and Lecythis...
self-compatibility in tristylous species is still poorly understood. Research on Eichhornia paniculate, found difference in pollen tube growth between intra- and...
leaves. For example, many floating plant species such as water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes), duckweed (Lemna) and water fern (Azolla) store iron and copper...
problem is not exclusive to the Everglades; neither is the water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes), which is a widespread problem in Florida's waterways, a major...
that blocks the flow of the river. Additionally, unchecked growth of Eichhornia weed in the Ambazari lake, caused by sewage intrusion, flowed with the...
Jiansheng (January 2018). "The effects of two free-floating plants (Eichhornia crassipes and Pistia stratiotes) on the burrow morphology and water quality...
Neochetina feed almost exclusively on the highly vigorous water hyacinth (Eichhornia spp.). There are at least two species: N. eichhorniae or mottled water...
papyrus swamps along the edges of the river and pool. Floating mats of Eichhornia plants move on the river and drift through the pool. Most fish endemic...
sugarcane, reed, cattail, Imperata cylindrica, eel grass, and species of Eichhornia, Hydrilla, Azolla and lotus. A wide range of animals inhabit the protected...
weeded two to three times. Cow dung, wood ashes or rotted water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) or its ashes are used as manure. The yield of the crop responds...
Ipomoea reptans), Enhydra fluctuans, Nymphaea spp., and Water hyacinth (Eichhornia spp.). From 1991, there was a serious threat to the survival of the park...
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