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Heteranthera limosa  (Sw.) Willd.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 42618

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Pontederia limosa Sw.
  
  Common Name(s): ducksalad [English]
  
    mud plantain [English]
  
    blue mudplantain [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionSpermatophytina  – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames  
                   ClassMagnoliopsida   
                      SuperorderLilianae  – monocots, monocotyledons, monocotylédones  
                         OrderCommelinales   
                            FamilyPontederiaceae  – pickerel-weed  
                               GenusHeteranthera Ruiz & Pav. – mud plantain, mudplantain  
                                  SpeciesHeteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd. – ducksalad, mud plantain, blue mudplantain  
       

 References
       
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  Source: Flora of the West Indies website, 2011, database (version 2007)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M.T. Strong. 2007. Catalogue of the seed plants of the West Indies Website. http://botany.si.edu/antilles/WestIndies/query.cfm   
  Reference for: Heteranthera limosa   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Heteranthera limosa   
       
  Source: Pontederiaceae of North America Update, database (version 2011)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: Updated for ITIS by the Flora of North America Expertise Network, in connection with an update for USDA PLANTS (2007-2010)   
  Reference for: Heteranthera limosa   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Heteranthera limosa   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Heteranthera limosa   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro, and Mark T. Strong   
  Publication Date: 2012   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalogue of the Seed Plants of the West Indies   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Smithsonian Contributions to Botany, no. 98   
  Page(s): xxv+1192   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1938-2812   
  Notes: Available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/17551   
  Reference for: Heteranthera limosa   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Horn, Charles N.   
  Publication Date: 2020   
  Article/Chapter Title: Two new species of Heteranthera (Pontederiaceae) in North America   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, vol. 14, no. 1   
  Page(s): 1-8   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1934-5259   
  Notes: Available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/26976935   
  Reference for: Heteranthera limosa   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Sousa, Danilo José Lima de, Lidyanne Yuriko Saleme Aona, and Ana Maria Giulietti   
  Publication Date: 2018   
  Article/Chapter Title: Heteranthera longirachilla (Pontederiaceae), a Misinterpreted New Species of the H. reniformis Complex   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Systematic Botany, vol. 43, no. 2   
  Page(s): 502-509   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0363-6445   
  Notes: doi: 10.1600/036364418X697238   
  Reference for: Heteranthera limosa   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
    Caribbean  
    Middle America  
    South America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Native  
    Mexico, Native  
    Caribbean Territories, Native  
 

 

    

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