''Monochoria'' was originally a genus of

aquatic plant Aquatic plants, also referred to as hydrophytes, are vascular plants and Non-vascular plant, non-vascular plants that have adapted to live in aquatic ecosystem, aquatic environments (marine ecosystem, saltwater or freshwater ecosystem, freshwater ...

s in the

water hyacinth ''Pontederia crassipes'' (formerly ''Eichhornia crassipes''), commonly known as common water hyacinth, is an aquatic plant native to South America, naturalized throughout the world, and often invasive species, invasive outside its native rang ...

family,

Pontederiaceae Pontederiaceae is a Family (biology), family of flowering plants. The APG IV system of 2016 (unchanged from the APG III system of 2009, the APG II system of 2003 and the APG system of 1998) places the family in the order Commelinales, in the co ...

. Currently, it has been reduced to a subgenus of

Pontederia ''Pontederia'' is a genus of tristylous aquatic plants, members of which are commonly known as pickerel weeds. ''Pontederia'' is endemic to the Americas, distributed from Canada to Argentina, where it is found in shallow water or on mud. The genu ...

, ''Pontederia'' subg. ''Monochoria'', represented by ten species (listed below). Its species are native to tropical and subtropical Africa, Asia, and Oceania. They live in the water or in wet soils. They produce leaves on long petioles and some are cultivated for their attractive flowers. Plants from this species have been utilized in the creation of traditional herbal treatments, food, and cosmetics for a very long time.

Species

*'' Pontederia africana'' (Solms) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn *''

Pontederia australasica ''Pontederia'' is a genus of heterostyly, tristylous aquatic plants, members of which are commonly known as pickerel weeds. ''Pontederia'' is endemic to the Americas, distributed from Canada to Argentina, where it is found in shallow water or on m ...

'' (Ridl.) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn *''

Pontederia brevipetiolata ''Pontederia'' is a genus of tristylous aquatic plants, members of which are commonly known as pickerel weeds. ''Pontederia'' is endemic to the Americas, distributed from Canada to Argentina, where it is found in shallow water or on mud. The genu ...

'' (Verdc.) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn *''

Pontederia cyanea ''Pontederia'' is a genus of tristylous aquatic plants, members of which are commonly known as pickerel weeds. ''Pontederia'' is endemic to the Americas, distributed from Canada to Argentina, where it is found in shallow water or on mud. The genu ...

'' (F.Muell.) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn *''

Pontederia elata ''Pontederia'' is a genus of tristylous aquatic plants, members of which are commonly known as pickerel weeds. ''Pontederia'' is endemic to the Americas, distributed from Canada to Argentina, where it is found in shallow water or on mud. The genu ...

'' (Ridl.) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn *''

Pontederia hastata ''Pontederia hastata'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Pontederiaceae, native from tropical and subtropical Asia south to the Northern Territory of Australia. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. Distribution ''Pontede ...

'' L. *''

Pontederia korsakowii ''Pontederia'' is a genus of tristylous aquatic plants, members of which are commonly known as pickerel weeds. ''Pontederia'' is endemic to the Americas, distributed from Canada to Argentina, where it is found in shallow water or on mud. The genu ...

'' (Regel & Maack) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn *'' Pontederia plantaginea'' Roxb. *''

Pontederia vaginalis ''Monochoria vaginalis'' is a species of flowering plant in the water hyacinth family known by several common names, including heartshape false pickerelweed and oval-leafed pondweed. It is native to much of Asia and across many of the Pacific I ...

'' Burm. f. *''

Pontederia valida ''Pontederia'' is a genus of tristylous aquatic plants, members of which are commonly known as pickerel weeds. ''Pontederia'' is endemic to the Americas, distributed from Canada to Argentina, where it is found in shallow water or on mud. The genu ...

'' (G.X.Wang & Nagam.) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn

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Pontederiaceae Commelinales genera {{Commelinales-stub