Alismataceae

Helanthium (Benth. & Hook.f.) Engelm. ex J.G.Sm.

First published in N.L.Britton, Man. Fl. N. States, ed. 2: 54 (1905)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Central & E. U.S.A. to Tropical & Subtropical America.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

Suriname

Native to:

Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Arkansas, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, Jamaica, Kansas, Kentucky, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mississippi, Missouri, Netherlands Antilles, New Jersey, New York, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Texas, Venezuela, Virginia

Extinct in:

Delaware

Introduced into:

Mauritius

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Lehtonen, S. & Myllys, L. (2008). Cladistic analysis of Echinodorus (Alismataceae): simultaneous analysis of molecular and morphological data. Cladistics 24: 218-239.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0