Plant Details

Accepted name:: Heteranthera reniformis Ruiz & Pav. [Pontederiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
berro	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
kidneyleaf mudplantain	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Buchosia aquatica Vell. Fl. Flumin. 1: 33, t. 80 (1829).
Heterandra reniformis (Ruiz & Pav.) P.Beauv. Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 4: 177 (1799).
Heteranthera acuta Willd. Neue Schriften Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 3: 438 (1801).
Heteranthera pubescens Vahl Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 43 (1805).
Heteranthera reniformis var. conjungens O.Schwarz Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 42(1): 287 (1926).
Heteranthera virginicus Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 29 (1841), not validly publ.
Leptanthus peruvianus Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 56 (1805).
Leptanthus reniformis (Ruiz & Pav.) Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 24 (1803).
Leptanthus virginicus Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 56 (1805).
Phrynium reniforme (Ruiz & Pav.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 318 (1898).
Phrynium reniforme var. acutum (Willd.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 318 (1898).
Pontederia azurea Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 7: 1148 (1830), nom. illeg.
Schollera reniformis (Ruiz & Pav.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 719 (1891).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Heteranthera reniformis Ruiz & Pav.	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Heteranthera reniformis Ruiz & Pavón	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

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