Eichhornia crassipes

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q690645
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Summary

Eichhornia crassipes is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.55% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,093 views/month, #1,083 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Eichhornia[4]
  • Taxon name: Eichhornia crassipes[5]
  • Has use: fodder[6], medicinal plant[7], vegetable[8], food[9]
  • Commons category: Pontederia crassipes[10]
  • Has basionym: Pontederia crassipes[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Pontederia crassipes[12]
  • Commons gallery: Eichhornia crassipes[13]
  • External data available at URL: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/c87068b8-7db7-49bf-b33e-eb51ffbe6345[14]
  • Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 13(3)[15], Flora of the Lesser Antilles, Leeward and Windward Islands[16]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=318848[17]
  • Short name: E. crassipes[18]
  • Taxon common name: Waterhyacinth[19], 布袋蓮[20], 浮水蓮花[21], 鳳眼蓮[22], tokozelka nadmutá[23], 布袋葵[24], 凤眼莲[25], 凤眼蓝[26], 水浮莲[27], 水葫芦[28], 凤眼兰[29]
  • Flower color: violet[30]
  • NatureServe conservation status: secure[31]

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Identifiers

Eichhornia crassipes's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 57390[32]. Eichhornia crassipes's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1120393[33]. Eichhornia crassipes's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2765940[34]. Eichhornia crassipes's ITIS TSN is recorded as 42623[35].

Why It Matters

Eichhornia crassipes has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 77 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [35] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [33] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [34] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . Biodiversity Heritage Library. wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [22] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [23] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [25] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  27. [26] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  28. [27] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  29. [28] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  30. [29] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  31. [30] ↑ . herbaria.plants.ox.ac.uk. herbaria.plants.ox.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved . explorer.natureserve.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 18d ago · Ottawajin · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia title → Eichhornia crassipes
    Gemet id → 9186
    Wikipedia languages → ['am', 'ar', 'arz', 'bg', 'bjn', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es',
    Sitelink count → 50
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Gemet id: 9186, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/152603531|water hyacinth (#152603531)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5959|GEMET ID]] #mix'n'm"
  2. 4w ago · Dactylantha · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nzpcn id → eichhornia-crassipes
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  3. 8w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon synonym of → Pontederia crassipes
    Apni id → 57173, 439435
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  4. 8w ago · PieterJanR · 2026-08-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon synonym of → Pontederia crassipes
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon synonym of: Pontederia crassipes"
  5. 9w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Invasive to → European Union, Shanghai, Australia +4
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 12631089-n
    Interlingual index id → i103155
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  6. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Natureserve conservation status → secure
    Taxon synonym of → Pontederia crassipes
    Has basionym → Pontederia crassipes
    Instance of → —
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007551276105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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