Eichhornia crassipes (Water hyacinth)

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Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms

Water hyacinth, common water hyacinth

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Eichhornia speciosa Kunth
Piaropus crassipes (Mart.) Raf.

11/1/2010 · Memphis, Tennessee · By Tim Chandler

8/20/2006 · Memphis, Tennessee · By Tim Chandler

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Liliopsida	Monocots (plants with a single seed leaf); includes the lily family
Subclass	Liliidae	Includes lilies, orchids, and many others
Order	Liliales	Includes lilies, tulips, trilliums, greenbriars, and others
Family	Pontederiaceae	Aquatic plants that are “heterostylous”—different members of the same species can have different-appearing flowers
Genus	Eichhornia	Named for Prussian Minister of Education and Public Welfare Johann Albrecht Friedrich Eichhorn
Species	crassipes	“With a thick stalk”

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Eichhornia crassipes description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.