Scientific or common name:

Echinodorus cordifolius (L.) Griseb.

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ALISMATACEAE - Water-plantain family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

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Taxon Page:

Name: Echinodorus cordifolius (L.) Griseb.
Nomencl. ref.: Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 7: 257. 1857 [ante Sep 1857]
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Creeping burhead
English name: creeping burhead
English name: Texas mud-baby

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Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Echinodorus radicans (Nutt.) Engelm.

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TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: Alismatidae
Order: Alismatales
Family: Alismataceae
Genus: Echinodorus
Species:

1) Echinodorus berteroi (Spreng.) Fassett 2) Echinodorus berteroi (Spreng.) Fassett var. lanceolatus (Engelm. ex S. Watson & J.M. Coult.) Fassett 3) Echinodorus bolivianus (Rusby) Holm-Niesen 4) Echinodorus cordifolius (L.) Griseb. 5) Echinodorus floridanus Haynes & Burkhalter 6) Echinodorus parvulus Engelm. 7) Echinodorus radicans (Nutt.) Engelm. 8) Echinodorus ranunculoides (L.) Engelm. 9) Echinodorus rostratus (Nutt.) Engelm. 10) Echinodorus rostratus (Nutt.) Engelm. var. lanceolatus Engelm. ex S. Watson & J.M. Coult. 11) Echinodorus tenellus (Mart. ex Schult. f.) Buchenau 12) Echinodorus tenellus (Mart. ex Schult. f.) Buchenau var. latifolius (Seub.) Fassett 13) Echinodorus tenellus (Mart. ex Schult. f.) Buchenau var. parvulus (Engelm.) Fassett

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, AR, DC, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA)


Map for Echinodorus cordifolius (L.) Griseb.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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Kingdoms
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1) Fungi 2) Plantae

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Divisions
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1) Anthocerotophyta (Hornworts) 2) Bryophyta (Mosses) 3) Chlorophyta (Green algae) 4) Coniferophyta (Conifers) 5) Cycadophyta (Cycads) 6) Equisetophyta (Horsetails) 7) Ginkgophyta (Ginkgo) 8) Gnetophyta (Gnetophytes) 9) Hepaticophyta (Liverworts) 10) Lycopodiophyta (Lycopods) 11) Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants) 12) Psilophyta (Whisk-ferns) 13) Pteridophyta (Ferns)

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Classes
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1) Liliopsida (Monocotyledons) 2) Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledons)

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Families
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1) Acoraceae (Calamus family) 2) Agavaceae (Century-plant family) 3) Alismataceae (Water-plantain family) 4) Aloaceae (Aloe family) 5) Amaryllidaceae (Amaryllis family.) 6) Aponogetonaceae (Cape-pondweed family) 7) Araceae (Arum family) 8) Arecaceae (Palm family) 9) Asparagaceae (Asparagus family) 10) Asphodelaceae (Asphodel family) 11) Bromeliaceae (Bromeliad family) 12) Burmanniaceae (Burmannia family) 13) Butomaceae (Flowering Rush family) 14) Cannaceae (Canna family) 15) Colchicaceae 16) Commelinaceae (Spiderwort family) 17) Costaceae (Costus family) 18) Cyclanthaceae (Panama Hat family) 19) Cymodoceaceae (Manatee-grass family) 20) Cyperaceae (Sedge family) 21) Dioscoreaceae (Yam family) 22) Eriocaulaceae (Pipewort family) 23) Flagellariaceae (Flagellaria family) 24) Haemodoraceae (Bloodwort family) 25) Hanguanaceae (Hanguana family) 26) Heliconiaceae (Heliconia family) 27) Hydrocharitaceae (Tape-grass family) 28) Iridaceae (Iris family) 29) Joinvilleaceae (Joinvillea family) 30) Juncaceae (Rush family) 31) Juncaginaceae (Arrow-grass family) 32) Lemnaceae (Duckweed family) 33) Liliaceae (Lily family) 34) Limnocharitaceae (Water-poppy family) 35) Marantaceae (Prayer-Plant family) 36) Mayacaceae (Mayaca family) 37) Melanthiaceae (Bunchflower family) 38) Musaceae (Banana family) 39) Najadaceae (Water-nymph family) 40) Orchidaceae (Orchid family) 41) Pandanaceae (Screw-pine family) 42) Philydraceae (Philydraceae family) 43) Poaceae (Grass family) 44) Pontederiaceae (Water-Hyacinth family) 45) Posidoniaceae (Posidonia family) 46) Potamogetonaceae (Pondweed family) 47) Ruppiaceae (Ditch-grass family) 48) Scheuchzeriaceae (Scheuchzeria family) 49) Smilacaceae (Catbrier family) 50) Stemonaceae (Stemona family) 51) Strelitziaceae (Bird of Paradise Flower fam) 52) Taccaceae (Tacca family) 53) Tofieldiaceae (Tofieldia family) 54) Triuridaceae (Triurus family) 55) Typhaceae (Cat-tail family) 56) Xyridaceae (Yellow-eyed Grass family) 57) Zingiberaceae (Ginger family) 58) Zosteraceae (Eel-grass family)

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Genera (Alismataceae)
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1) Alisma (water plantain) 2) Baldellia (waterplantain) 3) Damasonium 4) Echinodorus (burhead) 5) Helianthium (burhead) 6) Lophotocarpus (arrowhead) 7) Machaerocarpus (damasonium) 8) Sagittaria (arrowhead)

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Common names (Echinodorus)
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1) Bolivian burhead (Echinodorus bolivianus) 2) Creeping burhead (Echinodorus cordifolius) 3) Florida burhead (Echinodorus floridanus) 4) Lesser waterplantain (Echinodorus ranunculoides) 5) Mudbabies (Echinodorus tenellus) 6) Upright burhead (Echinodorus berteroi)

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More species:
1) Echinodorus ranunculoides (L.) Engelm. [209]
2) Echinodorus tenellus (Mart. ex Schult. f.) Buchenau [271]
3) Echinomastus gautii (L.D. Benson) Mosco & Zanovello [221]
4) Echinops bannaticus Rochel ex Schrad. [273]
5) Echinops ritro L. [1250]
6) Echinopsis atacamensis (Phil.) Friedrich & G.D. Rowley) [247]
7) Echinopsis turbinata Zuccagni [246]
8) Echium lusitanicum L. [224]
9) Echium vulgare L. var. pustulatum (Sm.) Coincy [175]
10) Egeria densa Planch. [1563]

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