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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Pontederia
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 288. 1753
|year=1753
}}, {{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gen. Pl. ed.
|place=5, 140. 1754
|year=1754
}}
|common_names=Pickerel-weed
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Narukila
|authority=Adanson
|rank=genus
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Umsema
|authority=Rafinesque
|rank=genus
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Unisema
|authority=Rafinesque
|rank=genus
}}
|hierarchy=Pontederiaceae;Pontederia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Pontederiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Pontederia]]</div></div>
|etymology=for Giulio Pontedera, 1688–1757, Italian botanist
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 37, 41
|treatment_page=page 45
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism duration;whole_organism architecture;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> annual or perennial, rooted in mud.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem reproduction;stem location;stem architecture"><b>Vegetative </b>stems submersed and growing to surface, or rhizomatous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="flowering-stem location;flowering-stem location;flowering-stem size"><b>Flowering-</b>stems submersed and growing to surface, or emersed and slightly constricted just below first node.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf architecture;blade width"><b>Sessile </b>leaves forming basal rosette, blade thin.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="leaf architecture;leaf location;leaf location"><b>Petiolate </b>leaves floating or emersed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="blade shape;apex shape">blade cordate to reniform, apex obtuse to acuminate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="inflorescence architecture;inflorescence quantity;inflorescence architecture;inflorescence length;day quantity"><b>Inflorescences </b>spicate, commonly 50 or more-flowered, elongating over many days;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="spathe architecture or shape;apex shape">spathes folded, apex acute to acuminate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="peduncle pubescence;peduncle pubescence">peduncle glandular-pubescent or pilose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="day quantity"><b>Flowers </b>open 1 day only;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="perianth coloration;perianth coloration;perianth coloration;perianth coloration;perianth coloration;limb lobe shape;limb lobe pubescence;limb lobe pubescence;apex shape">perianth mauve, blue, or white, funnelform, limb lobes oblong to oblanceolate, glandular-pubescent or pilose, apex obtuse to acuminate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="stamen quantity;distal stamen quantity;distal stamen height or length or size;proximal stamen quantity">stamens 6, distal 3 shorter than proximal 3;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="filament coloration or density;filament pubescence">filaments purple, glandular-pubescent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="anther coloration;anther shape">anthers yellow, ovoid to oblong;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="ovary architecture or structure in adjective form;ovary quantity;ovary development;ovary life cycle">ovary 3-locular, only 1 developing to maturity;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="ovule quantity">ovule 1;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="style quantity">style 1 or more.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="fruit shape;fruit shape;ridge architecture or shape;ridge architecture or shape;ridge architecture or pubescence or relief;ridge dehiscence or orientation"><b>Fruits </b>utriculate, ovoid, with spinulose, dentate or smooth longitudinal ridges.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="seed quantity;seed shape;seed architecture or pubescence or relief"><b>Seed </b>1, ovoid, smooth.</span><!--

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|distribution=Western Hemisphere
|discussion=<p>Species 6 (1 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Pontederia
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=Narukila;Umsema;Unisema
|basionyms=
|family=Pontederiaceae
|distribution=Western Hemisphere
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed.
|publication year=1753;1754
|special status=
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|genus=Pontederia
|anther coloration=yellow
|anther shape=ovoid;oblong
|apex shape=obtuse;acuminate
|blade shape=cordate;reniform
|blade width=thin
|day quantity=1;many
|distal stamen height or length or size=shorter
|distal stamen quantity=3
|filament coloration or density=purple
|filament pubescence=glandular-pubescent
|flowering-stem location=emersed;submersed
|flowering-stem size=constricted
|fruit shape=ovoid;utriculate
|inflorescence architecture=more-flowered;spicate
|inflorescence length=elongating
|inflorescence quantity=50
|leaf architecture=petiolate;sessile
|leaf location=emersed;floating
|limb lobe pubescence=pilose;glandular-pubescent
|limb lobe shape=oblong;oblanceolate
|ovary architecture or structure in adjective form=3-locular
|ovary development=developing
|ovary life cycle=maturity
|ovary quantity=1
|ovule quantity=1
|peduncle pubescence=pilose;glandular-pubescent
|perianth coloration=white;blue;white;blue;mauve
|proximal stamen quantity=3
|ridge architecture or pubescence or relief=smooth
|ridge architecture or shape=dentate;spinulose
|ridge dehiscence or orientation=longitudinal
|seed architecture or pubescence or relief=smooth
|seed quantity=1
|seed shape=ovoid
|spathe architecture or shape=folded
|stamen quantity=6
|stem architecture=rhizomatous
|stem location=submersed
|stem reproduction=vegetative
|style quantity=1
|whole_organism architecture=rooted
|whole_organism duration=perennial;annual
|whole_organism growth form=herb
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