Heteranthera limosa

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Family:PONTEDERIACEAE
Species:Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd.
Common Name:Blue Mud Plantain
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Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:HELI2
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Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, OBL (NWI), S? (State Rank), G5 (Global Rank)
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyPONTEDERIACEAE - Water-Hyacinth family
Genus Heteranthera
Species Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd. - Blue Mud Plantain

Citation

Citation Heteranthera limosa (Swartz) Willdenow, Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Neue Schriften 3: 439. 1801.
Basionym: Pontederia limosa Sw. 1788.
Type: JAMAICA: Without data, Swartz s.n. (lectotype: S; isolectotype: C). Lectotypified by M. T. Strong & Acevedo-Rodríguez, in Acevedo-Rodríguez & M. T. Strong, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 52: 172. 2005.

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Heteranthera alismoides Heteranthera alismoides Link, Jahrb. Gewaechsk. 1(3): 73. 1820.  
Heteranthera rotundifolia Heteranthera rotundifolia Grisebach, Cat. Pl. Cub. 252. 1866. CUBA
Leptanthus ovalis Leptanthus ovalis Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 25, t. 5(1). 1803. ILLINOIS
Lunania uniflora Lunania uniflora Rafinesque, Med. Fl. 2: 106. 1830, nom. illegit.Pontederia limosa Swartz 1788. 
Phrynium limosum Phrynium limosum (Swartz) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 318. 1898.Pontederia limosa Swartz 1788. 
Pontederia limosa Pontederia limosa Swartz, Prodr. 57. 1788. JAMAICA: Without data, Swartz s.n. (lectotype: S; isolectotype: C). Lectotypified by M. T. Strong & Acevedo-Rodríguez, in Acevedo-Rodríguez & M. T. Strong, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 52: 172. 2005.
Schollera limosa Schollera limosa (Swartz) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 719. 1891.Pontederia limosa Swartz 1788. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Cherokee, Colbert, Mobile, Monroe

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, JSU, TROY, UNAF, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
AMAL00013411 Monroe 20 Sep 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18252		 AMAL
Heteranthera limosa (Swartz) Willdenow
JSU110386 Cherokee 19 Jun 1986 Whetstone, R. David
15764		 JSU
Heteranthera limosa (Swartz) Willdenow
TROY000012944 Monroe 20 Sep 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18278		 TROY
Heteranthera limosa (Swartz) Willdenow
UWAL0031692 Mobile 01 Aug 2015 Horne, Howard E.
3006		 UWAL
Heteranthera limosa (Swartz) Willdenow
AMAL00020183 Baldwin 14 Jun 2014 Horne, Howard E.
2580		 AMAL
Heteranthera limosa (Swartz) Willdenow
AUA_ACC_73018 Baldwin 14 Jun 2014 Horne, Howard E.
2580		 AUA
Heteranthera Limosa (Sw.) Willd.
AMAL00020896 Baldwin 14 Jun 2014 Horne, Howard E.
2580		 AMAL
Heteranthera limosa (Swartz) Willdenow
UWAL0048223 Mobile 03 Sep 2017 Horne, Howard E.
4199		 UWAL
Heteranthera limosa (Swartz) Willdenow
UWAL0005088 Monroe 20 Sep 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18252		 UWAL
Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd.
ALNHS00003666 Baldwin 9 Dec 2015 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#2112		 ALNHS
Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd.
AMAL00018903 Baldwin 11 Aug 2002 Horne, Howard E.
933		 AMAL
Heteranthera limosa (Swartz) Willdenow
UWAL0044215 Baldwin 28 Jul 2002 Larsen, Harry S.
1067		 UWAL
Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd.
TROY000012943 Monroe 20 Sep 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18252		 TROY
Heteranthera limosa (Swartz) Willdenow
UNAF0001606 Colbert 14 Jun 1977 Atkins, S.
s.n.		 UNAF
Heteranthera limosa (Swartz) Willdenow
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