Class
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Pontederiaceae Kunth
Description
Erect or floating aquatic perennials. Leaves aerial, or with floating and/or emersed laminae sheathing at base. Flowers bisexual, actinomorphic or ± zygomorphic, solitary, or in spikes, racemes or panicles with a sheathing bract. Perianth petaloid, hypogynous; lobes 6, ± 2-seriate, free or connate below in a tube. Stamens 1, 3, or 6, equal or unequal, inserted at different levels on throat; filaments free; anthers 2-celled, dehiscing by longitudinal slits or rarely by terminal pores. Ovary superior, 1- or 3-locular; style filiform; stigma entire or shortly 3-lobed or 6-toothed; ovules 1 or many. Fruit indehiscent or a loculicidal capsule. Seeds longitudinally ribbed. Genera 7, in fresh water in tropical and subtropical regions.
[From: Healy and Edgar (1980) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 3.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
Bibliography
Cronquist, A. 1988: The evolution and classification of flowering plants. The New York Botanic Gardens, New York.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
