Echinodorus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Alismatales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Alismatales

Familia: Alismataceae
Genus: Echinodorus
Species: E. berteroi

Name

Echinodorus Rich., Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 1: 365. 1815.

Type species: Echinodorus berteroi (Spreng.) Fassett, Rhodora 57: 139. 1955)

Note: It is now accepted that this genus is monotypic consisting of only the type species. The others species having been transferred to Aquarius (Christenhusz et al., 2018)

Synonymy

Homotypic
- Echinodorus Rich. ex Engelm in A.Gray, Manual Bot. 460. 1848, nom. superfl.

Note:

Richard's publication is a nom. subnud., but recommended as validly published by The Nomenclature Committee for Vascular Plants, see Applequist (2012).

References

Primary references

Richard, L.C.M. 1815. Mémoires du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle 1: 365. nom. subnud.
Richard, L.C.M. & Engelmann, G. ex Gray, A. 1848. A Manual of the botany of the Northern United States: from New England to Wisconsin and south to Ohio and Pennsylvania inclusive, (the mosses and liverworts by Wm. S. Sullivant,) arranged according to the natural system. 1:460. Full description.
Christenhusz, M.J.M., Fay, M.F. & Byng, J.W. (eds). 2018. The Global Flora, Vol. 4: Special Edition, GLOVAP Nomenclature Part 1. Plant Gateway Ltd., Bradford. ISBN 978-0-9929993-5-3 PDF Reference page.

Additional references

Applequist, W.L. 2012. Report of the Nomenclature Committee for Vascular Plants: 64. Taxon 61(5): 1117. DOI: 10.1002/tax.615019
Lehtonen, S. 2008. An integrative approach to species delimitation in Echinodorus (Alismataceae) and the description of two new species. Kew Bulletin 63: 525–563. DOI: 10.1007/s12225-008-9068-0 ResearchGate Reference page.
Lehtonen, S. & Myllys, L. 2008. Cladistic analysis of Echinodorus (Alismataceae): simultaneous analysis of molecular and morphological data Cladistics 24(2): 218–239. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2007.00177.x Reference page.
Rataj, K. 2004. A New Revision of the Swordplant genus Echinodorus Richard 1848 (Alismataceae). Aqua: Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology, Special Publication No. 1.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Echinodorus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Mar 15. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Echinodorus. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 19 2023.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Echinodorus. .
USDA: GRIN Taxonomy for Plants[1] (23 March 2006).

Vernacular names

български: Ехинодорус
Deutsch: Schwertpflanzen
English: Swordplant
eesti: Ehhinoodor
suomi: Vesimiekat, miekkalehdet, vitasarpiot

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