Alismataceae
Helanthium

Helanthium bolivianum (Rusby) Lehtonen & Myllys

First published in Cladistics 24: 228 (2008)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical America. It is an annual or helophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is has environmental uses.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Southeast, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Mauritius

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lehtonen, S. & Gordon, E. (2010). Actualización del conocimiento de los géneros Echinodorus y Helanthium (Alismataceae) en Venezuela. Acta Botánica Venezuelica 33: 249-272.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Bosser, J. & al. (1984). Flore des Mascareignes 191-201 IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Haynes, R.R. & Holm-Nielsen, L.B. (1994). The Alismataceae. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 64: 1-112.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Wood, J.R.I. [12187] Bolivia K003192995 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [26862] Bolivia K003192996 Yes
Mueller, F. [2142] Bolivia Echinodorus bolivianus K003193216 Yes
Walter, M. [87] Paraguay Echinodorus bolivianus K003193105 Yes
Cook, C.D.K. [207a] Guyana Echinodorus bolivianus K003193107 Yes
s.coll. [22285] Brazil Echinodorus bolivianus K003193110 Yes
Harris, W. [12095] Jamaica Echinodorus bolivianus K003193092 Yes
Medina, W.A.; Aparicio, G. [263] Argentina Echinodorus bolivianus K003193210 Yes
Sperling, C.R.; Silva, M.G.; Condon, M.A.; Rosario, C.S.; Lima, R.P.; dos Santos, J.C. [6260] Brazil Echinodorus bolivianus K003193098 Yes
Fuertes, P.M. [1666] Dominica Echinodorus bolivianus K003193090 Yes
Hassler, E. [839] Paraguay Echinodorus bolivianus K003193102 Yes
s.coll. [22287] Brazil Echinodorus bolivianus K003193111 Yes
Pedersen, T.M. [10061] Argentina Echinodorus bolivianus K003193212 Yes
Hassler, E. [8453] Paraguay Echinodorus bolivianus K003193101 Yes
Eggers [2187] Echinodorus bolivianus K003193091 Yes
Smith, A.C. [2285] Guyana Echinodorus bolivianus K003193106 Yes
Richards, P.W. [6514] Brazil Echinodorus bolivianus K003193100 Yes
Arbo, M.M.; Schinini, A.; Vanni, R.; Pellegrini, M.G. [6633] Argentina Echinodorus bolivianus K003193213 Yes
Hassler, E. [4703] Paraguay Echinodorus bolivianus K003193104 Yes
{Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; ter Welle, B.J.H.; Gopaul, D.; James, V.} [2128] Guyana Echinodorus bolivianus K003193108 Yes
Harley, R.M. [18011] Brazil Echinodorus bolivianus K003193097 Yes
Fendler, A. [1358] Venezuela Echinodorus bolivianus K003193215 Yes
Hunt, D.R.; Ramos, J.F. [5913] Brazil Echinodorus bolivianus K003193109 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [15101] Bolivia Echinodorus bolivianus K003193217 Yes
Balansa, B. [573] Paraguay Echinodorus bolivianus K003193103 Yes
s.coll. [22286] Brazil Echinodorus bolivianus K003193112 Yes
Pedersen, T.M. [3080] Argentina Echinodorus bolivianus K003193211 Yes
Purdie [s.n.] Grenada Echinodorus bolivianus K003193214 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Souza, R. [10247] Brazil Echinodorus bolivianus K003193099 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Echinodorus tenellus var. latifolius K003193292 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [H 11025] Dominican Republic Echinodorus tenellus var. latifolius K003193070 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Echinodorus latifolius K003193273 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Echinodorus latifolius K003193274 Yes
Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; ter Welle, B.J.H.; Chanderbali, A.; Raghoenandan, U.; James, V. [3214] Guyana Echinodorus latifolius K003193130 Yes
Pedersen, T.M. [2932] Argentina Echinodorus austroamericanus K003193218 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0