Question: Was Brachyscome or Pontederia named in honor of an Italian botanist?

full_context: Document 1: Pistia: Pistia is a genus of aquatic plant in the arum family, Araceae. The single species it comprises, Pistia stratiotes, is often called water cabbage, water lettuce, Nile cabbage, or shellflower. Its native distribution is uncertain, but probably pantropical; it was first discovered from the Nile near Lake Victoria in Africa. It is now present, either naturally or through human introduction, in nearly all tropical and subtropical fresh waterways. The genus name is derived from the Greek word πιστός ("pistos"), meaning "water," and refers to the aquatic nature of the plants.
Document 2: Giulio Pontedera: Giulio Pontedera (7 May 1688 – 3 September 1757) was an Italian botanist of Tuscan origin. He was professor of botany at Padua, and director of the botanical garden there. Although he rejected Carl Linnaeus' system, Linnaeus was a correspondent of Pontedera's, and named the genus "Pontederia" after him.
Document 3: Brachyglottis elaeagnifolia: Brachyglottis elaeagnifolia is a species of flowering plant in the aster family, Asteraceae. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is limited to the North Island.
Document 4: Kunzea: Kunzea is a genus of plants in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to Australasia. They are shrubs, sometimes small trees and usually have small, crowded, rather aromatic leaves. The flowers are similar to those of plants in the genus "Leptospermum" but differ in having stamens that are longer than the petals. Most kunzeas are endemic to Western Australia but are few occur in eastern Australia and a few are found in New Zealand. The taxonomy of the genus is not settled and is complicated by the existence of a number of hybrids.
Document 5: Lemna trisulca: Lemna trisulca L. (syn. "Staurogeton trisulcus" (L.) Schur; star duckweed; ivy-leaved duckweed) is a species of aquatic plants in the genus "Lemna" (duckweed) with a subcosmopolitan distribution, occurring in quiet freshwater habitats in cool temperate regions. "L. trisulca" normally doesn't occur in warm temperate regions. Unlike other duckweeds, it has submersed rather than floating fronds, except when flowering or fruiting.
Document 6: Brachyscome: Brachyscome is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae. Most are endemic to Australia, and a few occur in New Zealand and New Guinea.
Document 7: Pontederia cordata: Pontederia cordata, common name pickerelweed (USA) or pickerel weed (UK), is a monocotyledonous aquatic plant native to the American continent. It grows in a variety of wetlands, including pond and lake margins across an extremely large range from eastern Canada south to Argentina. A few examples include northern rivers, the Everglades and Louisiana.
Document 8: Brachystelma: The genus Brachystelma R. Br. (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae - Ceropegieae) is represented by over a hundred species in the world, chiefly distributed in South Africa, South-East Asia and Australasia. In India, 17 species are known to occur, of which nine are endemic.
Document 9: Sparganium natans: Sparganium natans is a species of bur-reed known by the common names least bur-reed and small bur-reed. It is a water plant native to high elevation lakes and marshes of Canada and the northern United States. It is usually found submersed in shallow, calm water. This bur-reed has thin, flexible, grasslike leaves which float in the water. Plants that spend more time out of water at the waterline are tougher and have shorter leaves. The plant bears two inflorescences, the staminate type being a rounded white filamentous ball and the pistillate type a sphere of thick, green, pointy peduncles. The fruits are small green or brown achenes.
Document 10: Brachypodium: Brachypodium is a genus of plants in the grass family, widespread across much of Africa, Eurasia, and Latin America. It is classified in its own tribe Brachypodieae.
Document 11: Brachyglottis bidwillii: Brachyglottis bidwillii is a species of flowering plant in the aster family, Asteraceae. It is endemic to New Zealand.
Document 12: Alternanthera philoxeroides: Alternanthera philoxeroides, commonly referred to as alligator weed, is a native species to the temperate regions of South America, which includes Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Argentina alone, hosts around 27 species that fall within the range of the genus Alternanthera. Its geographic range once used to cover only the Parana River region of South America, but it has since expanded to cover over 30 countries, such as the United States, New Zealand, China and many more. This invasive species is believed to have been accidentally introduced to these non-native regions through sediments trapped/attached to tanks and cargo of ships travelling from South America to these various areas.
Document 13: Brachyglottis: Brachyglottis is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae. The genus was erected on November 29, 1775, by Johann Reinhold Forster and Georg Forster. The name was derived from the Greek "brachus" ("short")
Document 14: Pontederia: Pontederia is a genus of tristylous aquatic plants, members of which are commonly known as pickerel weeds. "Pontederia" is endemic to the Americas, distributed from Canada to Argentina, where it is found in shallow water or on mud. The genus was named by Linnaeus in honour of the Italian botanist Giulio Pontedera.
Document 15: Barbarea australis: Barbarea australis is a morphologically and ecologically typical "Barbarea" species with an unusual distribution: it is an endemic and threatened species from Tasmania. The leaves have a large end-lobe and only few side lobes, much like the leaf-shape of "Barbarea stricta" and "Barbarea orthoceras". With regard to defence chemicals (glucosinolates), it is similar to other members of the genus.
ground_truth: Pontederia