Heteranthera reniformis

Last updated

Heteranthera reniformis
Heteranthera reniformis riziere Camargue.jpg
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Commelinales
Family: Pontederiaceae
Genus: Heteranthera
Species:
H. reniformis
Binomial name
Heteranthera reniformis
Synonyms [1]
  • Heterandra reniformis(Ruiz & Pav.) P.Beauv.
  • Leptanthus reniformis(Ruiz & Pav.) Michx.
  • Phrynium reniforme(Ruiz & Pav.) Kuntze
  • Schollera reniformis(Ruiz & Pav.) Kuntze
  • Buchosia aquaticaVell.
  • Heteranthera acutaWilld.
  • Heteranthera pubescensVahl
  • Heteranthera reniformis var. conjungensO.Schwarz
  • Heteranthera virginicusSteud.
  • Leptanthus peruvianusPers.
  • Leptanthus virginicusPers.
  • Phrynium reniforme var. acutum(Willd.) Kuntze
  • Pontederia azureaSchult. & Schult.f.

Heteranthera reniformis common name kidneyleaf mud-plantain, and mud plantain; is a species of flowering plant in the family Pontederiaceae . [1] [2] It is found in North America. [3] It is listed as a special concern and believed extirpated in Connecticut. [4] It listed as endangered in Illinois and Ohio. [3]

Native American ethnobotany

The Cherokee apply a hot poultice of the root to inflamed wounds and sores. [5]

Related Research Articles

<i>Soliva sessilis</i> Species of flowering plant

Soliva sessilis is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is one of up to nine species of the genus Soliva and is a low-growing herbaceous annual plant. Its common names include field burrweed, Onehunga-weed, lawn burrweed, lawnweed, jo-jo weed and common soliva. It is one of several plants also known as bindi weed, bindii, or bindi-eye.

<i>Senna hebecarpa</i> Species of legume

Senna hebecarpa, with the common names American senna and wild senna, is a species of legume native to eastern North America.

<i>Heteranthera limosa</i> Species of water hyacinth

Heteranthera limosa is an annual flowering plant in the water hyacinth family known by the common names ducksalad and blue mudplantain. It grows in shallow water or on mud. It is considered a threatened species in parts of the central United States, and an invasive species weed in California, where it is a nuisance in rice paddies. It is also occasional in Florida waterways.

<i>Viburnum nudum</i> Species of shrub

Viburnum nudum is a deciduous shrub in the genus Viburnum within the muskroot family, Adoxaceae.

<i>Heteranthera</i> Genus of flowering plants

Heteranthera is a genus of aquatic plants in the water hyacinth family, Pontederiaceae, known generally as mud plantains. Species of this genus are native to tropical and subtropical America and Africa. They live in the water or in wet soils. They produce leaves on long petioles and some are cultivated for their attractive flowers. Leaves are of two types - linear and submerged or orbicular and floating. Some species have cleistogamic flowers.

<i>Kageneckia oblonga</i> Species of tree

Kageneckia oblonga is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. It is an evergreen tree endemic to Chile. It grows from Coquimbo to Malleco. Example occurrences are found specifically found in central Chile within the La Campana National Park and Cerro La Campana forest areas. In these areas the endangered Chilean Wine Palm, Jubaea chilensis is an associated tree species.

<i>Bowlesia incana</i> Species of flowering plant

Bowlesia incana is a species of flowering plant, known by the common name hoary bowlesia, in thefamily Apiaceae. It is native to South America and the southeastern and southwestern United States as far north as Washington. It can also be found in Pakistan and New Zealand as an introduced species. It grows in many types of habitat. This is a small annual herb growing thin, spreading stems less than 60 centimeters long. The leaves are borne on long petioles and have multilobed rounded or kidney-shaped blades less than 3 centimeters wide. The green herbage of the plant is coated in fine white hairs. The inflorescences of yellow-green flowers appear in the leaf axils. The tiny inflated fruit is only 2 millimeters wide.

<i>Triglochin striata</i> Species of plant

Triglochin striata is a species of flowering plant in the family Juncaginaceae. It is native to New Zealand, South America, America, Africa, Australia and Southern Portugal.

Stuckenia striata is a species of aquatic plant in the family Potamogetonaceae. It is known by the common names broadleaf pondweedNevada pondweed and striped pondweed. It is native to the Americas, including the southwestern United States, northern Mexico, and parts of Central and South America. It grows in waterways such as rivers, canals, and shallow ponds, often in alkaline water. This is a perennial herb producing a long, thin, branching stem approaching 2 m in maximum length. The narrow, hairlike leaves are up to 10 cm (3.9 in) long and only a few millimeters wide. The inflorescence is a spike of flowers arranged in whorls and borne on a short peduncle.

Puccinellia pumila is a species of grass known by the common names dwarf akaligrass and smooth alkali grass. It is native to North America where it grows along the coastline in the northern latitudes, from Alaska across Arctic northern Canada to Greenland. It occurs on the coast of the Pacific Northwest in the United States and it is known from the Kamchatka Peninsula. The grass is only found on the coast, in wetland habitat, beaches, and areas inundated by the highest tides, in saline sand and mud. This perennial grass grows decumbent or erect to a maximum height near 40 centimeters, often remaining much smaller, especially in harsh habitat. It may root at stem nodes which become buried in wet substrate. The inflorescence is a dense or open array of branches bearing spikelets.

<i>Sagittaria cuneata</i> Species of aquatic plant

Sagittaria cuneata is a North American species of flowering plant in the water plantain family known by the common name arumleaf arrowhead or duck potato. Like some other Sagittaria species, it may be called wapato.

<i>Jarava ichu</i> Species of plant

Jarava ichu, commonly known as Peruvian feathergrass, ichhu, paja brava, paja ichu, or simply ichu, is a grass species in the family Poaceae native to the Americas. It is found growing in a vast area: Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Dominican Republic, Chile, and Argentina. It is a common grass of the Andean altiplano. It is used as fodder for livestock.

<i>Lythrum alatum</i> Species of flowering plant

Lythrum alatum, commonly known as winged loosestrife, winged lythrum or angled purple-loosestrife, is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Lythraceae. It is endemic to wetland areas in central and eastern United States and Ontario.

<i>Aristolochia serpentaria</i> Species of vine

Aristolochia serpentaria is a species of perennial flowering plant in the Aristolochiaceae (birthwort) family. The species is commonly known as Virginia snakeroot and is native to eastern North America, from Connecticut to southern Michigan and south to Texas and Florida.

<i>Symphyotrichum prenanthoides</i> Species of flowering plant in family Asteraceae

Symphyotrichum prenanthoides is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name crookedstem aster. It is native to northcentral and northeastern North America.

Glinus radiatus is a species of flowering plant in the family Molluginaceae, known by the common name spreading sweetjuice.

<i>Atriplex glabriuscula</i> Species of flowering plant

Atriplex glabriuscula, common names Scotland orache, smooth orache, Babington's orache or seaside orach is an Atriplex species native to North America and northern Europe. It is an annual.

<i>Botrychium simplex</i> North American species of moonwort

Botrychium simplex, the little grapefern, is a species of fern in the family Ophioglossaceae that is native to North America and Greenland. It is a perennial.

<i>Ranunculus ambigens</i> Species of buttercup

Ranunculus ambigens, common names water-plantain spearwort, water plantain, and spearwort, is a plant found in the eastern part of North America. It is listed as endangered in Connecticut, and New Hampshire; as endangered and extirpated in Maryland; as a special concern in Kentucky; as possibly extirpated in Maine; as threatened in Michigan; and as a special concern in Rhode Island.

References

  1. 1 2 "Heteranthera reniformis Ruiz & Pav". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  2. "Heteranthera reniformis Ruiz & Pav". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  3. 1 2 NRCS. "Heteranthera reniformis". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  4. "Connecticut's Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species 2015". State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Bureau of Natural Resources. Retrieved 17 January 2018. (Note: This list is newer than the one used by plants.usda.gov and is more up-to-date.)
  5. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 45