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Echinodorus cordifolius

burhead, creeping burhead, creeping burrhead

Echinodorus cordifolius
Distribution
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AL; AR; FL; GA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MO; MS; NC; OK; SC; TN; TX; VA; Mexico; South America; West Indies
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Discussion

Subspecies 2 (1 in flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 22.
Parent taxa Alismataceae > Echinodorus
Sibling taxa
E. berteroi, E. floridanus, E. tenellus
Subordinate taxa
E. cordifolius subsp. cordifolius
Synonyms Alisma cordifolia
Name authority (Linnaeus) Grisebach: Abhandlungen der Koniglichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Gottingen 7: 257. (1857)
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