Water hyacinth – Eichhornia crassipes
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Description
Water hyacinth is an aquatic plant, in most cases floating, which is native to the Amazon region. It is generally regarded as the world’s most troublesome invasive alien species in water bodies. It thrives in warm climatic conditions. In Europe, the species is established in Portugal (including the Azores), Spain and Italy.
Description text authors:
Terho Hyvönen (LUKE) and Arto Kurtto (LUOMUS) – 15 March 2016 – published 18 March 2016.
Observations in Finland
The map represents observations of this taxon, but it may not be used as a distribution map.
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Observations
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Species card
Checklist
FinBIF master checklist
Scientific name
Eichhornia crassipes
Author
(Mart.) Solms
Vernacular names
- kellusvesihyasintti (Finnish)
- vattenhyacint (Swedish)
- Water hyacinth (English)
Identifier
http://tun.fi/MX.254329
Taxon rank
This species is invasive
Regulatory Status
DNA barcode sequences
Informal groups
- Vascular plants
Taxon information in machine-readable form