Heteranthera reniformis

ClassificationMonocots
FamilyPontederiaceae
Family (Traditional)Pontederiaceae
GenusHeteranthera
Species:Heteranthera reniformis Ruiz & Pav.
Common NameKidneyleaf Mudplantain
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: Yes; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: LC; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Aquatic; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Arrangement: floating; Leaf Arrangement: submerged; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Petiole Type: sessile; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: palmate; Leaf Venation: parallel; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Basifixed; Base Flower Color: White; Carpel Number/Pistil: 3; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: axillary; Inflorescence Types: solitary; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: Yes; Petal Number: 3; Pistil Complexity: Compound; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Parietal; Placentation Type: Basal; Sepal Fusion: Yes; Sepal Number: 3; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 3; Tepal Fusion: Yes; Tepal Number: 6
C value 7
StatusNative; AGCP (OBL), EMP (OBL) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[S4?] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Adair (KY), Ballard (KY), Barren (KY), Breckinridge (KY), Carlisle (KY), Christian (KY), Clark (KY), Graves (KY), Henry (KY), Hickman (KY), Lyon (KY), Madison (KY), Shelby (KY), Trigg (KY), Benton (TN), Chester (TN), Dyer (TN), Franklin (TN), Gibson (TN), Giles (TN), Greene (TN), Hardin (TN), Hawkins (TN), Henderson (TN), Henry (TN), Jefferson (TN), Lauderdale (TN), Lawrence (TN), Lincoln (TN), Maury (TN), Montgomery (TN), Morgan (TN), Polk (TN), Stewart (TN), Wayne (TN), White (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, KNK, MEM, TENN, UCHT

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1956 - 2019

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100147634 Madison Kentucky 03 Aug 1993 Gary W. Libby
122
EKY
Heteranthera reniformis
31234100147592 Madison Kentucky 21 Aug 1993 Susan Wind
232
EKY
Heteranthera reniformis
31973000017357 Madison Kentucky
KNK
Heteranthera reniformis
TENN-V-0061153 Henderson Tennessee
TENN
Heteranthera reniformis
APSC0031744 Benton Tennessee
APSC
Heteranthera reniformis
APSC0031753 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Heteranthera reniformis
APSC0031743 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Heteranthera reniformis
APSC0074232 Breckinridge Kentucky 31 Jul 1982 Max Medley
APSC
Heteranthera reniformis
APSC0031752 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Heteranthera reniformis
HTTU019410 Ballard Kentucky
HTTU
Heteranthera reniformis
31234100147675 Henry Tennessee 08 Jul 1976 David H. Webb
EKY
Heteranthera reniformis
TENN-V-0061146 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Heteranthera reniformis
TENN-V-0061161 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Heteranthera reniformis
TENN-V-0061151 Hardin Tennessee
TENN
Heteranthera reniformis
TENN-V-0061237 Ballard Kentucky
TENN
Heteranthera reniformis
APSC0031754 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Heteranthera reniformis
APSC0031739 Montgomery Tennessee 30 Jul 1973 Edward Chester
APSC
Heteranthera reniformis
APSC0097123 Franklin Tennessee
APSC
Heteranthera reniformis
APSC0074231 Ballard Kentucky
APSC
Heteranthera reniformis
APSC0031746 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Heteranthera reniformis
MEM015046 Dyer Tennessee 10 Jul 1979 Vernon M. Bates Jr.
1645
MEM
Heteranthera reniformis
MEM006818 Lyon Kentucky 25 Sep 1973 Raymond Athey
2612
MEM
Heteranthera reniformis
31234100147568 Hickman Kentucky 16 Jul 1990 Landon E. McKinney
4350
EKY
Heteranthera reniformis
31234100147667 Madison Kentucky 26 Sep 1979 Robert Butler
EKY
Heteranthera reniformis
31234100147535 Clark Kentucky 30 Aug 1956 Mary Ruth Beckett
986
EKY
Heteranthera reniformis
TENN-V-0061155 Jefferson Tennessee
TENN
Heteranthera reniformis
TENN-V-0061142 Benton Tennessee
TENN
Heteranthera reniformis
TENN-V-0061162 Stewart Tennessee
TENN
Heteranthera reniformis
TENN-V-0061160 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Heteranthera reniformis
APSC0031745 Montgomery Tennessee 25 Aug 2006 Edward Chester
APSC
Heteranthera reniformis
APSC0031755 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Heteranthera reniformis
APSC0031756 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Heteranthera reniformis
APSC0031740 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Heteranthera reniformis
UCHT040406 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Heteranthera reniformis
N/A Hawkins Tennessee 24 Oct 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
ETSU
Heteranthera reniformis
31234100147626 Madison Kentucky 21 Aug 1993 D. Collinsworth
138
EKY
Heteranthera reniformis
31234100147543 Henry Kentucky 19 Jul 1962 Elizabeth M. Browne
5977
EKY
Heteranthera reniformis
TENN-V-0061149 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Heteranthera reniformis
APSC0113551 Shelby Kentucky
APSC
Heteranthera reniformis
ETSU027019 Hawkins Tennessee 24 Oct 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
191175
ETSU
Heteranthera reniformis
31234100147642 Madison Kentucky 29 Sep 1979 J. Stuart Lassetter
3491
EKY
Heteranthera reniformis
31234100147600 Madison Kentucky 22 Jul 1984 Valerya Hyrne
41
EKY
Heteranthera reniformis
31234100147618 Madison Kentucky 29 Sep 1979 J. Stuart Lassetter
3490
EKY
Heteranthera reniformis
31234100147550 Hickman Kentucky 12 Jun 1979 Raymond Athey
4329
EKY
Heteranthera reniformis
TENN-V-0061154 Henry Tennessee
TENN
Heteranthera reniformis
TENN-V-0061163 Stewart Tennessee
TENN
Heteranthera reniformis
APSC0113549 Shelby Kentucky
APSC
Heteranthera reniformis
APSC0113552 Ballard Kentucky
APSC
Heteranthera reniformis
UCHT037997 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Heteranthera reniformis
MEM000330 Henry Tennessee 07 Oct 1963 T.L. Jackson
65
MEM
Heteranthera reniformis
31234100147576 Hickman Kentucky 16 Jul 1990 Landon E. McKinney
4350
EKY
Heteranthera reniformis
31234100147519 Adair Kentucky 26 Jul 1988 Bruce Hoagland
449
EKY
Heteranthera reniformis
TENN-V-0061158 Lincoln Tennessee
TENN
Heteranthera reniformis
TENN-V-0061144 Dyer Tennessee
TENN
Heteranthera reniformis
TENN-V-0061238 Carlisle Kentucky
TENN
Heteranthera reniformis
APSC0031757 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Heteranthera reniformis
APSC0113550 Shelby Kentucky
APSC
Heteranthera reniformis
31234100147659 Madison Kentucky 29 Sep 1979 J. Stuart Lassetter
3492
EKY
Heteranthera reniformis
31234100147584 Madison Kentucky 16 Jul 1988 Donna Perkins
23
EKY
Heteranthera reniformis
TENN-V-0061152 Henry Tennessee
TENN
Heteranthera reniformis
TENN-V-0061165 White Tennessee
TENN
Heteranthera reniformis
TENN-V-0061156 Lauderdale Tennessee
TENN
Heteranthera reniformis
TENN-V-0061157 Lawrence Tennessee
TENN
Heteranthera reniformis
TENN-V-0061164 Wayne Tennessee
TENN
Heteranthera reniformis
TENN-V-0061143 Chester Tennessee
TENN
Heteranthera reniformis
TENN-V-0061148 Gibson Tennessee
TENN
Heteranthera reniformis
APSC0107108 Franklin Tennessee
APSC
Heteranthera reniformis
APSC0031749 Montgomery Tennessee 27 Aug 1984 Edward Chester
APSC
Heteranthera reniformis
31234100147527 Christian Kentucky 18 Aug 1993 Landon E. McKinney
5967
EKY
Heteranthera reniformis
TENN-V-0061239 Hickman Kentucky
TENN
Heteranthera reniformis
TENN-V-0061147 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Heteranthera reniformis
TENN-V-0061145 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Heteranthera reniformis
TENN-V-0061159 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Heteranthera reniformis
TENN-V-0061150 Greene Tennessee
TENN
Heteranthera reniformis
APSC0119091 Barren Kentucky
APSC
Heteranthera reniformis
APSC0031751 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Heteranthera reniformis
MEM012746 Ballard Kentucky 21 Sep 1977 Raymond Athey
3839
MEM
Heteranthera reniformis
MEM006393 Graves Kentucky 11 Sep 1973 Raymond Athey
2566
MEM
Heteranthera reniformis
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Heteranthera reniformis - Shawn Krosnick
Heteranthera reniformis - Shawn Krosnick
Heteranthera reniformis - Shawn Krosnick
Heteranthera reniformis - Shawn Krosnick
Heteranthera reniformis - Shawn Krosnick
Heteranthera reniformis - Shawn Krosnick
Heteranthera reniformis - Shawn Krosnick
Heteranthera reniformis - Shawn Krosnick