Pontederia hastata

Pontederia hastata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Commelinales
Family:	Pontederiaceae
Genus:	Pontederia
Species:	P. hastata
Binomial name
	Pontederia hastata; L.
Synonyms
	Calcarunia hastata (L.) Raf., not validly publ. ; Carigola hastata (L.) Raf. ; Monochoria chinensis Gand. ; Monochoria dilatata (Banks) Kunth ; Monochoria hastata (L.) Solms ; Monochoria hastifolia C.Presl ; Monochoria sagittata Kunth ; Pontederia dilatata Banks ; Pontederia sagittata Roxb., nom. illeg. ; Pontederia sagittifolia B.Heyne ex Wall., nom. nud. ; Pontederia vaginalis Blanco, nom. illeg. ;

Pontederia hastata is a species of flowering plant in the family Pontederiaceae, native from tropical and subtropical Asia south to the Northern Territory of Australia.^[1] It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753.^[2]

Distribution edit

Pontederia hastata is native to south-central and southeastern mainland China, Hainan, tropical Asia, and the Northern Territory of Australia.^[1]

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