Heteranthera reniformis

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|genus = Heteranthera

|species = reniformis

|authority = Ruiz & Pav.

|synonyms ={{species list |Heterandra reniformis|(Ruiz & Pav.) P.Beauv.

|Leptanthus reniformis|(Ruiz & Pav.) Michx.

|Phrynium reniforme|(Ruiz & Pav.) Kuntze

|Schollera reniformis|(Ruiz & Pav.) Kuntze

|Buchosia aquatica|Vell.

|Heteranthera acuta|Willd.

|Heteranthera pubescens|Vahl

|Heteranthera reniformis var. conjungens|O.Schwarz

|Heteranthera virginicus|Steud.

|Leptanthus peruvianus|Pers.

|Leptanthus virginicus|Pers.

|Phrynium reniforme var. acutum|(Willd.) Kuntze

|Pontederia azurea|Schult. & Schult.f.}}

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Heteranthera reniformis common name kidneyleaf mud-plantain, and mud plantain; is a species of flowering plant in the family Pontederiaceae.{{cite web |url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:698080-1 |title= Heteranthera reniformis Ruiz & Pav. |author= |date=n.d. |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=January 26, 2025}}{{cite web |url= https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/3L7CG |title= Heteranthera reniformis Ruiz & Pav. |author= |date=n.d. |website=Catalogue of Life |publisher=Species 2000 |access-date=January 26, 2025}} It is found in North America.{{PLANTS |symbol=HERE|taxon=Heteranthera reniformis|access-date=1 April 2021 }} It is listed as a special concern and believed extirpated in Connecticut.[http://www.ct.gov/deep/lib/deep/wildlife/pdf_files/nongame/ets15.pdf "Connecticut's Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species 2015"]. State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Bureau of Natural Resources. Retrieved 17 January 2018. (Note: This list is newer than the one used by plants.usda.gov and is more up-to-date.) It listed as endangered in Illinois and Ohio.

Native American ethnobotany

The Cherokee apply a hot poultice of the root to inflamed wounds and sores.Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 45

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