Eichornia crassipes, (C. F. P. Mart.) Solms-Laub.
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1. E. crassipes (C. F. P. Mart.) Solms-Laub. in A. & C. DC., Monogr. Phan. 4: 527 (1883).
By D. H. Valentine. 4 By D. A. Webb.
Plant usually floating. Leaves aerial, arising in tufts, up to 8 x 8 cm, rhombic to suborbicular; petiole variable in length, the shorter ones much inflated in the lower half, and all consisting largely of spongy aerenchyma. Spike c. 15 cm, with 8-12 flowers 5-7 cm across. Anthers yellow, variably tinged with blue. Stigma capitate, coarsely papillose. Naturalized in W.C. Portugal. [Lu.] (Brazil; extensively naturalized elsewhere in the tropics and subtropics.)
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Eichornia crassipes
| Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1980 |