Pontederia

Translingual

Pontederia cordata

Etymology

After Giulio Pontedera, Italian botanist +‎ -ia

Proper noun

Pontederia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Pontederiaceae – New World aquatic plants, many called pickerel weeds.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms; monocots, commelinids - clades; Commelinales - order ; Pontederiaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Pontederia cordata (pickerelweed, pickerel weed) - type species; Pontederia azurea (anchored water hyacinth), Pontederia crassipes (common water hyacinth), Pontederia vaginalis (heartshape false pickerelweed, oval-leafed pondweed) - selected other species

References

• Pontederia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pontederia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Pontederia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons