Pontederia crassipes

TaxID: 44947

Basic Information

Pontederia crassipes

Water Hyacinth, Water-hyacinth, water hyacinth

Pontederia crassipes (formerly Eichhornia crassipes), commonly known as common water hyacinth, is an aquatic plant native to South America, naturalized throughout the world, and often invasive outside its native range. It is the sole species of the subgenus Oshunae within the genus Pontederia. Anecdotally, it is known as the "terror of Bengal" due to its invasive growth tendencies.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Commelinales

Pontederiaceae

Pontederia

crassipes

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Pontederia crassipes
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Pontederia crassipes
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(c) Benjamin Schwartz@BY-NC
Pontederia crassipes
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Pontederia crassipes
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Pontederia crassipes
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(c) Mikael Behrens@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (33 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Austria IAS of Union concern 2016
Belgium IAS of Union concern 2016
Bulgaria IAS of Union concern 2016
Cyprus IAS of Union concern 2016
Czechia IAS of Union concern 2016
Germany IAS of Union concern 2016
Denmark IAS of Union concern 2016
Spain Quarantine pest 2006
Estonia IAS of Union concern 2016
Finland IAS of Union concern 2016
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Distribution (148 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

147
Present
1
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Antigua and Barbuda Present —
Aruba Present —
Angola Present —
Argentina Present —
American Samoa Present —
Australia Present —
Burundi Present —
Belgium Present —
Benin Present —
Burkina Faso Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCA_030549335.1 Chromosome 1132 15378 69839 -

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR37069522 Root - - 22484842 China:Tianjin
SRR37069521 Root - - 20621571 China:Tianjin
SRR37069520 Leaf - - 20075603 China:Tianjin

DNA Barcodes (24 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
SAFH563-10 - rbcLa 552 South Africa 2007-02-01 -23.835, 31.63778
SAFH563-10 - matK 749 South Africa 2007-02-01 -23.835, 31.63778
SAFH3645-11 - rbcLa 552 South Africa - -25.783, 28.917
SAFH2932-11 - rbcLa 551 South Africa 2011-03-09 -34.051, 18.44
SAFH2932-11 - matK 762 South Africa 2011-03-09 -34.051, 18.44
PNG152-18 - rbcL 553 Mozambique 2015-05-31 -18.98777, 34.569
IASIT003-24 - trnH-psbA 215 Italy 2023-07-01 -
HIMS955-12 - rbcLa 552 Canada 1935-08-10 43.5485, -80.2503
HIMS954-12 - rbcLa 552 Canada 1935-08-10 43.5485, -80.2503
GPAGA115-17 - rbcLa 553 United States 2016-11-14 32.12596, -81.14
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Literature