genus Eichhornia


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Noun1.genus Eichhornia - water hyacinthgenus Eichhornia - water hyacinth; water orchid  
Eichhornia
liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
family Pontederiaceae, pickerelweed family, Pontederiaceae - aquatic or bog plants
Eichhornia crassipes, Eichhornia spesiosa, water hyacinth, water orchid - a tropical floating aquatic plant having spikes of large blue flowers; troublesome in clogging waterways especially in southern United States
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Cornops aquaticum Bruner (1906) is a semi-aquatic grasshopper that lives in close association with Pontederiaceae floating meadows, especially of the genus Eichhornia (Center et al., 2002).
Numero y duracion de los estadios ninfales de la tucura neotropical Cornops aquaticum (Acrididae: Leptysminae) en Argentina
Finally, the genus Eichhornia is an "unnatural" or polyphyletic group, regardless of the placement of E.
Reconstruction of the evolution of reproductive characters in Pontederiaceae using phylogenetic evidence from chloroplast DNA restriction-site variation

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