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Helanthium is a genus of plants in the Alismataceae, native to the Western Hemisphere. At present (May 2014), three species are recognized:

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Within Vinony's link graph, Helanthium is referenced by 4 other articles, and connects out to United States, Mexico and South America.

It is catalogued under topics including Alismataceae, Alismataceae genera and Aquatic plants.

Its subject is documented across 15 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderAlismatales
  5. FamilyAlismataceae
Native toAlabama, Argentina Northeast, Arkansas, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Connecticut, Costa Rica
Observations recorded3,011

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Specimen records
18
With media
3
Family
Alismataceae
Collections
JBB, UTFPR-CP, UFMA, UNB, UFSCAR, JBRJ
Recorded in
Brasil, Paraguai, United States, Etats-Unis

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Alismataceae
Image
Echinodorus tenellus BB-1913.jpg
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taxon name
Helanthium
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Helanthium
Commons category
Helanthium
taxonomic type
Helanthium tenellum
taxon common name
链剑草属
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Helanthium is a genus of plants in the Alismataceae, native to the Western Hemisphere. At present (May 2014), three species are recognized: Helanthium bolivianum (Rusby) Lehtonen & Myllys - southern Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America Helanthium tenellum (Mart. ex Schult.f.) J.G.Sm. in N.L.Britton - eastern United States (from Texas to Florida, north to Michigan and Massachusetts), southern Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America Helanthium zombiense (Jérémie) Lehtonen & Myllys - Jamaica, Island of Guadeloupe

== References ==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Helanthium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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