Taxonomic Details for Pontederia cordata
Systematic Resumé: |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Subkingdom | Viridiplantae |
Infrakingdom | Streptophyta |
Superdivision | Embryophyta |
Division | Tracheophyta |
Subdivision | Spermatophytina |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Superorder | Lilianae |
Order | Commelinales |
Family | Pontederiaceae |
Genus | Pontederia |
Species | Pontederia cordata |
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Common Name: |
pickerelweed |
Authority: |
L. |
ITIS TSN: |
42620 (click on the taxonomic serial number to view the ITIS web page) |
Habitats: |
Salinity Zone: Fresh water |
GCE Contact: |
Steven C. Pennings, University of Houston, Houston, Texas |
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GCE Data Sets: |
GIS-GCEL-1812a (May to July 2018 regions of interest (ROIs) of tidal marsh and tidal forest plant species to be used as ground reference data in habitat mapping)
GIS-GCEL-1812 (May to July 2018 ground control points GPS coordinates of tidal marsh and tidal forest plant species to be used as ground control points in habitat mapping)
PLT-GCET-1703 (Mesocosm experiment on fresh marsh plant community responses to salinity pulses in 2014 and 2015)
PLT-GCET-1703a (Plant Responses to the GCE-LTER Seawater Addition Long Term Experiment (SALTEx) from 2013 to 2017)
PLT-GCET-1510 (Pot experiment on fresh and brackish marsh plants responses to salinity pulses in summer 2013)
(view all 6 relevant data sets in the GCE Data Catalog) |

Pontederia cordata. Photo by Steve Pennings.

Pontederia cordata. Photo Steven Pennings

Pontederia cordata specimen from UGAMI herbarium. Photo Steven Pennings

Top to bottom: Peltandra virginica, Potederia cordata, Sagittaria lancifolia
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