Common name
English: Water Hyacinth
German: Dickstielige Wasserhyazinthe
Mandarin: 凤眼蓝 (feng yan lan)
Portuguese: Jacinto De Água
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Liliopsida (397)
Order: Liliales (111)
Family: Pontederiaceae (5)(family description)
Genus: Eichhornia (1)
Epithet: crassipes (Mart.) Solms (1)
Synonyms: Eichhornia crassicaulis Schltdl., Heteranthera formosa Miq.
crassicaulis => with thick stem
crassipes => with thick stem
formosa => beautiful
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habitat: hydrophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: blue, white
External links
Check for Eichhornia crassipes at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [252] Eichhornia crassipes - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER)
- [411] Water Hyacinth -- Double Edged - Human Flower Project
- [536] Eichhornia crassipes - Plants For A Future database
- [1335] Eichhornia crassipes - Flora of China @ efloras.org
Literature
- [13] Sauerborn E., Sauerborn J. (1985): Wichtige Unkrautarten der Tropen und Subtropen. Verlag Josef Margraf, Weikersheim, Germany.