†family Pontederiaceae Kunth 1816
Angiospermae - Commelinales - Pontederiaceae
Parent taxon: Commelinales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Knowlton 1919 and Mabberley 2000
Sister taxa: Commelinaceae, Haemodoraceae, Hanguanaceae, Philydraceae, Philydrum
Subtaxa: Eichhornia Heteranthera Monochoria Pontederites
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: