Hydrothrix

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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| genus = Heteranthera

| authority = (Hook.f.) M.Pell.

| species = gardneri

| synonyms =

  • Hydrothrix gardneri Hook.f.
  • Hydrothrix verticillaris Hook.f.
  • Hookerina gardneri Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 2: 718. 1891

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Hydrothrix Hook.f.{{cite web |url=http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/content/os-1/2/89.extract |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120717113202/http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/content/os-1/2/89.extract |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-17 |title=On Hydrothrix, a new genus of Pontederiaceae |work=oxfordjournals.org}} was previously a monotypic flowering plant genus of Pontederiaceae, but is currently included in a broader and monophyletic Heteranthera.

The highly modified Heteranthera gardneri is a submerged aquatic with a two-flowered pseudanthium found in eastern Brazil. It is used as an aquarium plant.

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{{cite journal |last=Pellegrini |first=M. O. O. |year=2017 |title=Two new synonyms in Heteranthera (Pontederiaceae, Commelinales) |journal=Nordic Journal of Botany |volume=35 |pages=124–128 |doi=10.1111/njb.01152}}

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