Pontederia crassipes
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For other plants known as "water hyacinth", see Eichhornia.
Pontederia crassipes (formerly Eichhornia crassipes), commonly known as common water hyacinth, is an aquatic plant native to South America, naturalized throughout the world, and often invasive outside its native range.[1][2][3] It is the sole species of the subgenus Oshunae within the genus Pontederia.[4] Anecdotally, it is known as the "terror of Bengal" due to its invasive growth tendencies.
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Common water hyacinth | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Commelinales |
Family: | Pontederiaceae |
Genus: | Pontederia |
Species: | P. crassipes |
Binomial name | |
Pontederia crassipes | |
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