Pontederia azurea

TaxID: 44946

Basic Information

Pontederia azurea

Anchored Waterhyacinth, Peacock Hyacinth

Pontederia azurea is a water hyacinth from the Americas, sometimes known as anchored water hyacinth. It is the 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 plant.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Commelinales

Pontederiaceae

Pontederia

azurea

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Pontederia azurea
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(c) Nelson Wisnik@BY-NC
Pontederia azurea
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(c) Jonathan Hiew@BY-NC-SA
Pontederia azurea
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(c) Nelson Wisnik@BY-NC
Pontederia azurea
c
(c) Nelson Wisnik@BY-NC
Pontederia azurea
c
(c) Nelson Wisnik@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 (3 records)

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

Country Status Year Added
Indonesia Absent —
Jordan A1 list 2013
United States of America Quarantine pests 1989

Distribution (28 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Argentina Present —
Australia Present —
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Present —
Brazil Present
Côte d'Ivoire Present —
Colombia Present —
Costa Rica Present —
Cuba Present —
Germany Present —
Dominican Republic Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature