Pontederia heterosperma(Alexander) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn

WFO wfo-0001425153 Accepted WFO 2026-06 7 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–g · 4 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 4 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Pontederia heterosperma, photographed by GERMAN LEONEL SARMIENTO CRUZ
fig. a GERMAN LEONEL SARMIENTO CRUZ, CC BY 4.0 / 2018-07-20 / obs. 21927898
Pontederia heterosperma, photographed by Lena Struwe
fig. b Lena Struwe, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 3664268
Pontederia heterosperma, photographed by Lena Struwe
fig. c Lena Struwe, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 3664284
Pontederia heterosperma, photographed by Edson Luis Fabro Gasperin
fig. d Edson Luis Fabro Gasperin, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 58302387
Pontederia heterosperma, photographed by Edson Luis Fabro Gasperin
fig. e Edson Luis Fabro Gasperin, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 58302414
Pontederia heterosperma, photographed by Edson Luis Fabro Gasperin
fig. f Edson Luis Fabro Gasperin, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 58302428
Pontederia heterosperma, photographed by Edson Luis Fabro Gasperin
fig. g Edson Luis Fabro Gasperin, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 58302449

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Native range 21 botanical countries

Regions where Pontederia heterosperma is native: Mexico Southeast, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela Mexico SoutheastBelizeBoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaCosta RicaCubaEcuadorEl SalvadorFrench GuianaGuatemalaGuyanaHondurasNicaraguaPanamáSurinameTrinidad-TobagoVenezuela
Native distribution of Pontederia heterosperma, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Belize BLZ SOUTHERN AMERICA
Bolivia BOL
Brazil North BZN
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Cuba CUB
Ecuador ECU
El Salvador ELS
French Guiana FRG
Guatemala GUA
Guyana GUY
Honduras HON
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Suriname SUR
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Venezuela VEN
Mexico Southeast MXT NORTHERN AMERICA

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 2 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Eichhornia heterosperma Alexander
  • Eichhornia venezuelensis Velásquez

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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