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Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms (in A.L.P.P. de Candolle & A.C.P. de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 4: 527. 1883.) Localities: West Indies (exotic), Lesser Antilles (exotic) [Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent], Greater Antilles [Jamaica (exotic), Cuba (exotic), Cayman Island (exotic), Hispaniola (exotic)[ Dominican Republic, Haiti,], Puerto Rico (naturalized)[], Virgin Islands (exotic) ( St. Croix, ) ], Bahamas (exotic), North America (exotic), Mexico (exotic), Central America (native), South America (native), Common Names: Bofinace (Haiti), Boniatillo de agua (Cuba), Cola de pato (Cuba), Flor de agua (Cuba), Flor de agua (Puerto Rico), Glaïeul bleu (L. Antilles), Héliotrope (Haiti), Hierba de jicotea (Cuba), Jacinthe d'eau (L. Antilles), Jacinto de agua (Cuba), Jacinto de agua (Puerto Rico), Lila de agua (Dominican Republic), Lila de caño (Dominican Republic), Malangueta (Cuba), Reina del agua (Cuba), Water hyacinth (Jamaica), Water hyacinth (L. Antilles), Water violet (L. Antilles), Water-hyacinth (Bahamas), Synonyms: Eichhornia azurea sensu Bello, non Kunth (Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 12: 122. 1883.), Eichhornia speciosa Kunth (Enum. Pl. 4: 131. 1843.), Piaropus crassipes (Mart.) Raf. (Fl. Tellur. 2: 81. 1837.), Pontederia crassipes Mart. (Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 1: 9. 1823.), Citations:1). Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. and M.T. Strong. 2005. Monocots and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 52: 1-415. 2). Adams, C.D. 1972. Flowering Plants of Jamaica. University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. 848 pp. 3). Barker, H.D. and W.S. Dardeau. 1930. La Flore d'Haiti. Port-au-Prince. 456 pp. 4). Bello Espinosa, D. 1883. Apuntes para la flora de Puerto Rico. Segunda parte. Anal. Soc. Española de Hist. Nat. 12: 103-130. 5). Britton, N.L. and P. Wilson. 1923-1926. Botany of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. New York Academy of Sciences, New York. 6). Correll, D.S. and H.B. Correll, 1982. Flora of the Bahama Archipelago. J. Cramer, FL-9490 Vaduz, Germany. 1692 pp. 7). Howard, R.A. 1974-1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Vols. 1-6. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 8). Kairo, M., B. Ali, O. Cheesman, K. Hayson, and S. Murphy. 2003. Invasive species threats in the Caribbean region. Report to Nature Conservancy. CAB International. 9). León, F., 1946; León, F. and H. Alain, 1951-1957. Flora de Cuba. Habana. 10). Liogier, A.H. 2000. Diccionario botánico de nombres vulgares de la Espanola. Jardin Botanico Nacional Dr. Rafael Ma. Moscoso, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana. 11). Otero, J.I., R.A. Toro and Pagán de Otero. 1945. Catalogo de los nombres vulgares y científicos de algunas plantas puertorriqueñas. 2nd. ed. Universidad de Puerto Rico. 12). Proctor, G.R. 1984. Flora of the Cayman Islands. Kew Bull. Addit. Ser. 11: i-xii, 1-834. Her Majesty’s Staionery Office, London. 13). Roig y Mesa, J.T. 1988. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares Cubanos. Habana: Editorial Científico-Técnica. 14). Torres Santana, C.W. 2007. Introduced Plants in Puerto Rico (unpublished draft). 15). Urban, I. 1898-1928. Symbolae Antillanae, Vol. 1-9. Berlin, Leipzig, Germany. 16). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 2008. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Website: apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do Last edited 24 Apr 12 |