Plant Details

Accepted name:: Nymphoides cordata (Elliott) Fernald [Menyanthaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
little floatingheart	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Limnanthemum lacunosum (Vent.) Griseb. Gen. Sp. Gent.: 347 (1839).
Limnanthemum lacunosum var. australe Griseb. Gen. Sp. Gent.: 348 (1838).
Menyanthes punctata Muhl. ex Griseb. Gen. Sp. Gent.: 348 (1839), not validly publ.
Nymphoides lacunosa (Vent.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 429 (1891).
Trachysperma lacunosa (Vent.) House Bull. New York State Mus. Nat. Hist. 233-234: 66 (1921).
Villarsia cordata Elliott Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 230 (1817).
Villarsia lacunosa Vent. Choix Pl.: t. 9 (1803).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Nymphoides cordata (Ell.) Fern.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Nymphoides cordata (Elliott) Fernald	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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