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Key to Pontederia

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1 Rhizomes absent; stems elongated, trailing, with leaves evenly distributed along the stem
1 Rhizomes present, short; stems short, erect, with leaves congested at the summit of the stem.
  2 Floral tube villous when young, essentially glabrous to sparsely glandular in maturity; leaves primarily ovate to triangular-lanceolate, 2.2-21 cm wide, the base generally cordate or truncate (rarely cuneate)
  2 Floral tube persistently pubescent with short glandular hairs; leaves lanceolate, 0.4-8.3 cm wide, the base generally cuneate to truncate