Description: Description to be added
Distribution and occurrence: World: 9 species, tropical Africa and Amercia, extending to North America. Australia: 2 species (naturalized)
Cultivated in water gardens but potentially quite weedy if naturalized.
Text by W Cherry (2011); edited KL Wilson (Jan 2016) Taxon concept:
Taxa not yet included in identification key
Heteranthera reniformis,
Heteranthera zosterifolia
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