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Eichhornia

The genus Eichhornia is in the family Pontederiaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Eichhornia

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Eichhornia azurea (Sw.) Kunth Accepted H WCSP
Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms Accepted H WCSP
Eichhornia diversifolia (Vahl) Urb. Accepted H WCSP
Eichhornia heterosperma Alexander Accepted H WCSP
Eichhornia paniculata (Spreng.) Solms Accepted H WCSP
Eichhornia paradoxa (Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Solms Accepted H WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 26 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Eichhornia. Of these 6 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 2 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Eichhornia. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 26 species names for the genus Eichhornia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 6 23.1%
Synonym 18 69.2%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 2 7.7%

All names

The status of the 28 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Eichhornia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 6 21.4%
Synonym 20 71.4%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 2 7.1%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 26 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Eichhornia, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 6 17 0 0 23 88.5%
Medium confidence 0 1 0 0 1 3.8%
Low confidence 0 0 0 2 2 7.7%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Eichhornia, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 0 1 0 2 0 3 11.5%
WCSP 6 17 0 0 0 23 88.5%