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Definition of Eichhornia crassipes
1. Noun. A tropical floating aquatic plant having spikes of large blue flowers; troublesome in clogging waterways especially in southern United States.
Group relationships: Eichhornia, Genus Eichhornia
Generic synonyms: Aquatic Plant, Hydrophyte, Hydrophytic Plant, Water Plant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eichhornia Crassipes
Literary usage of Eichhornia crassipes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annals of Botany by IDEAL (Project) (1888)
"In studying the structure of the apical meristem of the adventitious roots of
eichhornia crassipes, he came to the conclusion that the characters of the ..."
2. Morphology of Angiosperms: (Morphology of Spermatophytes. Part II) by John Merle Coulter, Charles Joseph Chamberlain (1903)
"... and the same cell was noted after the division of the generative nucleus (Fig.
63). A similar cell was found by Smith 39 in eichhornia crassipes and by ..."
3. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"Description of Eichhornia, crassipes, reduced about one-third less Plate 287.
than the natural size, showing stems, roots, leaves, spathe, and flowers. ..."
4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1906)
"The last-named author found two tube nuclei in half the pollen grains examined
in eichhornia crassipes. Juel (:04) has found in Cupressus a variation which ..."
5. Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta by Karl Goebel (1905)
"This happens in eichhornia crassipes (Fig. 219). In the stalk, that is the portion
of the leaf-lamina which is narrow, the conducting bundles retain their ..."
6. The Mekong: Environment and Development by Hiroshi Hori (2000)
"The correct botanical name of the water hyacinth is eichhornia crassipes.
The water hyacinth has an internal duct structure and is found in two varieties ..."
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