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Pontederiaceae
Cabanisia

not marked as a favorite taxon *Cabanisia paniculata (Sprengel) A. Haines. Common name: Brazilian Water-hyacinth. Habitat: Drainage ditches; apparently only a waif. Distribution: Native of tropical America, not collected in our region since 1907 (Horn in FNA 2002a; Small 1933).

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Origin/Endemic status: Neotropics

Synonymy ⓘ: = Haines (2020b); = Eichhornia paniculata (Spreng.) Solms — FNA26, Meso6, NS, WH3, WI; = Piaropus paniculatus (Spreng.) Small — S; = Pontederia paniculata Spreng. — K4, POWO, Pellegrini, Horn, & Almeida (2018). Basionym: Pontederia paniculata Spreng. 1822

Links to other floras: = Eichhornia paniculata - FNA26

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL (name change)

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