Eichhornia crassipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Commelinales Family: Pontederiaceae Genus: Eichhornia Species: E. Plants are living Organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. The flowering plants or angiosperms ( Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta) are the most widespread group Liliopsida is a Botanical name for the class containing the family Liliaceae (or Lily Family Commelinales is the Botanical name of an order of Flowering plants It's considered that the Commelinales together with Zingiberales evolved in the Pontederiaceae is the Botanical name of a family of Flowering plants. The seven species of water hyacinths comprise the genus Eichhornia. crassipes
Binomial name
Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms

Eichhornia crassipes commonly known as Common Water Hyacinth is an invasive species of plant, which is native of Amazon basin. Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius ( April 17, 1794 &ndash December 13, 1868 Munich) was a German Botanist and Introduced species|Weed Invasive species is a phrase with several definitions This plant is also used like a medicinal plant. Herbalism is a traditional Medicinal or Folk medicine practice based on the use of Plants and Plant extracts Herbalism is also known as

Invasion of Lake Victoria

The plant was introduced by Belgian colonists to Ruanda to beautify their holdings and then advanced by natural means to Lake Victoria where it was first sighted in 1988^[1] There, without any natural enemies, it has become an ecological plague, suffocating the lake, diminishing the fish reservoir, and hurting the local economies. The Republic of Rwanda (ruːˈændə or /rəˈwɑːndə/ in English ɾwanda or in Kinyarwanda is a small Landlocked country in the Lake Victoria or Victoria Nyanza (also known as Ukerewe and Nalubaale) is one of the Great Lakes of Africa. It impedes access to Kisumu and other harbors. Kisumu is a Port city in western Kenya at 1131m with a population of 355024 (1999 census

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References

1. ^ [1] Thilo Thielke: Die grüne Pest. Spiegel (de) 2/9/2008, accessed 2/9/2008

External links

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A pond covered with water hyacinth

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