Typhaceae
Sparganium

Sparganium angustifolium Michx.

First published in Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 189 (1803)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Temp. Northern Hemisphere. It is a helophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Amur, Arizona, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Central European Russia, Chita, Colorado, Connecticut, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Idaho, Inner Mongolia, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Labrador, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nova Scotia, NW. Balkan Pen., Ontario, Oregon, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Québec, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Siberia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutiya, Yukon

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Barina, Z., Rakaj, M. & Pifkó, D. (2013). Contributions to the flora of Albania, 4. Willdenowia 43: 165-184.
  • Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2008). Flora Iberica 18: 1-420. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • Gorchakovskii, P.L. & al. (1994). Opredelitel' sosudistykkhrastenii srednego Urala: 1-524. Nauka, Moscow.
  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 1: 1-864. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Hultén, E.O.G. (1960). Flora of the Aleutian Islands and westernmost Alaska Peninsula: with notes on the flora of Commander Islands, ed. 2: 1-376. Weinheim : J. Cramer ; New York : Hafner Pub. Co.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Japan IVa: 1-430. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Kozhevnikov, A.E., Kozhevnikov, Z.V., Kwak, M. & Lee, B.Y. (2019). Illustrated flora of the Primorsky Territory, Russian Far East: 1-1124. National institute of biological resources.
  • Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
  • Nikolin, E.G. (2020). Opredelitel' vysshikh rasteniy Yakutii: 1-895. Moskva : Tovarishchestvo Nauchnykh Izdaniy KMK Novosibirsk "Nauka".
  • Sharief, M.U. (ed.) (2024). Flora of India 28: 1-764. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Stalažs, A. (2024). List of vascular plants of Latvia (with Latvian names): 1-312. Dobele.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Zhao, Y.Z., Zhao, L.Q. & Rui, C. (eds.) (2019). Flora Intramongolica, edition 3, 6: 1-619. Typis Intramongolicae popularis, Huhhot.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Barina, Z., Rakaj, M. & Pifkó, D. (2013). Contributions to the flora of Albania, 4. Willdenowia 43: 165-184.
  • Gorchakovskii, P.L. & al. (1994). Opredelitel' sosudistykkhrastenii srednego Urala: 1-524. Nauka, Moscow.
  • Hultén, E.O.G. (1960). Flora of the Aleutian Islands and westernmost Alaska Peninsula: with notes on the flora of Commander Islands, ed. 2: 1-376. Weinheim : J. Cramer ; New York : Hafner Pub. Co.
  • Sharief, M.U. (ed.) (2024). Flora of India 28: 1-764. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Zhao, Y.Z., Zhao, L.Q. & Rui, C. (eds.) (2019). Flora Intramongolica, edition 3, 6: 1-619. Typis Intramongolicae popularis, Huhhot.

Kew Plants for Health

  • "World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)"

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Macoun, G. [s.n.] Canada K002270546 Yes
Fries, H. [s.n.] Sweden K002429775 Yes
MacDougal, D.T. [675] United States K002270582 Yes
s.coll. [438] United Kingdom K002429718 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Norway K002429769 Yes
Eyerdam, W.J. [556] United States K002270566 Yes
R. [Druaihle] [s.n.] United Kingdom K002429757 Yes
{Michx.; Brenan, J.P.N.} [722/41922] United Kingdom K002429730 Yes
Hartz, J.; Ostenfeld, C. [s.n.] Iceland K002429759 Yes
Scoggan, H.J. [6012A] Canada K002270557 Yes
Woronow, G.; Schelkownikow, A. [s.n.] Azerbaijan K002429729 Yes
Harold St. John [1119] Canada K002270547 Yes
Rydberg, P.A.; Bessey, E.A. [3723] United States K002270571 Yes
Collett, R. [s.n.] Norway K002429763 Yes
Ebermaier, F. [s.n.] Germany K002429781 Yes
Hansen, G. [730] United States K002270572 Yes
Van Schaack, G.B. [955] United States K002270563 Yes
Hartz, J.; Ostenfeld, C. [s.n.] Faroe Islands K002429760 Yes
Bourgeau, E. [s.n.] Canada K002270559 Yes
Nyhuus, O. [s.n.] Norway K002429766 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [617] United Kingdom K002429751 Yes
Farjon, A.K.; Bridger, M.A. [610] Russia K002270352 Yes
Johnston, H.H. [349] United Kingdom K002429743 Yes
Bordère, H. [s.n.] France K000883682 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rechinger, K. [s.n.] Austria K002429795 Yes
Rousseau, J. [35249] Canada K002270555 Yes
Baldwin, W.K.W.; Breitung, A.J. [4381] Canada K002270553 Yes
Gladstone, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002429744 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Norway K002429761 Yes
{Andersson} [1837] Sweden K002429773 Yes
Townsend, C.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002429734 Yes
Airy Shaw, H.K. [4642] United Kingdom K002429713 Yes
Kitching, L. [s.n.] United States K002270577 Yes
Dusén, K. [s.n.] Sweden K002429762 Yes
Gleason, H.A.; Gleason Jr, H. [s.n.] United States K002270578 Yes
Samuelsson, G. [s.n.] Sweden K002429776 Yes
Thornton, C.W. [2365] United States K002270562 Yes
Cusick, W.C. [2481] United States K002270574 Yes
Thornton, C.W. [2365] United States K002270561 Yes
{Bordère} [s.n.] France K002429809 Yes
Airy Shaw, H.K. [4642] United Kingdom K002429716 Yes
Turrill, W.B. [334] Iceland K002429758 Yes
Marshall, E.S. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002429745 Yes
Johnston, H.H. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002429739 Yes
Baker, C.F. [137] United States K002270581 Yes
Sommarin, A.D. [s.n.] Sweden K002429779 Yes
Bourgeau, E. [[2696]] Spain K002429799 Yes
Berlin, N.K. [s.n.] Sweden K002429810 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] Ireland K002429753 Yes
{Mougeot} [s.n.] France K002429787 Yes
Bonnet, E.; Willmott, E.A. [s.n.] France K002429786 Yes
Perry, L.M.; Roscoe, M.V. [36] Canada K002270551 Yes
Fernald, M.L.; Collins, J.F. [158] Canada K002270542 Yes
Fay, M.F. [[MFF423]] United Kingdom K002429712 No
Lindeberg, C.J. [s.n.] Norway K002429728 Yes
Braun, A.C.H. [s.n.] France K002429791 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Austria K002429798 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Sweden K002429768 Yes
[R] [s.n.] France K002429806 Yes
Johnston, H.H. [1041] United Kingdom K002429742 Yes
Macoun, J. [93] Canada K002270550 Yes
{Balfour} [s.n.] United Kingdom K002429749 Yes
Carter, A. [1464] United States K002270579 Yes
Fernald, M.L. [s.n.] United States K002270580 Yes
[W. H. Blewitt] [s.n.] United Kingdom K002429719 Yes
Scoggan, H.J. [6012A] Canada K002270556 Yes
Billot, C.; Schultz, F. [s.n.] Germany K002429790 Yes
MGCollett [E4] United Kingdom K002429736 Yes
[Rosikat] [239] Germany K002429782 Yes
{Bornmüller} [3886] K002429783 Yes
Nordenstam, S. [s.n.] Sweden K002429778 Yes
Thomas [s.n.] France K002429788 Yes
Eggleston, W.W. [2982] United States K002270576 Yes
[S. L. B.] [s.n.] United States K002270570 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [617] United Kingdom K002429735 Yes
[W. H. Blewitt] [s.n.] United Kingdom K002429721 Yes
Blewitt, W.H. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002429722 Yes
Schneider; Bergmann [930] Bulgaria K002429801 No
Hunt, P.F. [1313] United Kingdom K002429750 Yes
Wisniewski, T.; Sliwinaska, H. [269] Bulgaria K002429802 Yes
Harold St. John [1120] Canada K002270545 Yes
Van Schaack, G.B. [955] United States K002270564 Yes
Johnston, H.H. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002429746 Yes
Dusén, K. [s.n.] Sweden K002429772 Yes
Salmon, C.E.; Beeby, W.H. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002429737 Yes
{Th. Fries} [s.n.] Sweden K002429774 Yes
Dawson [s.n.] United States K002270568 Yes
Last, G.V.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002429725 Yes
E. N. [Carrothers]; J. McK. Moon [s.n.] United Kingdom K002429755 Yes
Bishop, H. [48] Canada K002270552 Yes
Wilmott, A.J. [1669b] United Kingdom K002429714 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002429804 Yes
Dusén, K. [s.n.] Sweden K002429771 Yes
Webb, D.A. [[S4/97]] Ireland K002429754 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] K002429803 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Spain K002429800 No
[Godson] [s.n.] France K002429792 Yes
Fernald, M.L.; St. John, H. [10891] Canada K002270548 Yes
Scoggan, H.J. [3962] Canada K002270558 Yes
Sandwith, C.I.; Sandwith, N.Y. [857] United Kingdom K002429732 Yes
Druce, G.C. [722/4] United Kingdom K002429747 Yes
Purpus, C.A. [5670] United States K002270575 Yes
Short, C.W. [s.n.] United States K002270569 Yes
Hansen, G. [485] United States K002270573 Yes
Fernald, M.L.; Collins, J.F. [159] Canada K002270541 Yes
Lindberg, H. [s.n.] Finland K002429770 Yes
Norbey, J.L. [s.n.] United States K002270567 Yes
Fernald, M.L.; Wiegand, K.M. [2430] Canada K002270544 Yes
Asplund, E. [s.n.] Sweden K002429767 No
s.coll. [s.n.] France K002429789 Yes
{Celakovsky} [s.n.] K002429797 Yes
Fraser, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002429740 Yes
Kupffer, K. [s.n.] Latvia K002429780 Yes
{Butters} [1144] United Kingdom K002429724 Yes
{Huter} [s.n.] Austria K002429794 Yes
[R. Dufinkle] [1622] United Kingdom K002429756 Yes
Townsend, C.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002429726 Yes
Macoun, J.M. [158] Canada K002270549 Yes
Sandwith, N.Y. [4428] Spain K002429805 No
Norberg, I.L. [s.n.] United States K002270565 Yes
{Grenier; Willmott, E.A.} [s.n.] France K002429785 Yes
Braun, A. [s.n.] Sweden K002429764 Yes
{Lightfoot} [s.n.] United Kingdom K002429717 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002429727 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] United Kingdom K002429733 Yes
Eyerdam, W.J. [556] United States K002270560 Yes
Green, P.S. [1851] United Kingdom K002429752 Yes
Nyhuus, O. [s.n.] Norway K002429765 Yes
Rousseau, J. [35640] Canada K002270554 Yes
Woodward, A.S. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002429731 Yes
Johnston, H.H. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002429741 Yes
Melville, R.; [List II] [722/4] United Kingdom K002429720 Yes
{Bordère; Willmott, E.A.} [s.n.] France K002429808 Yes
Svestka, F. [s.n.] Slovakia K002429796 Yes
Wallnöfer, B. [13588] Switzerland K002429784 Yes
Johnston, H.H. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002429738 Yes
Evans, A.H. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002429723 Yes
Ringselle, G.A. [s.n.] Sweden K002429777 Yes
Airy Shaw, H.K. [4642] United Kingdom K002429715 Yes
Fernald, M.L.; Wiegand, K.M. [4438] Canada K002270543 Yes
Komarov, V.L. [s.n.] Russia K002270351 Yes
{Bordère} [s.n.] France K002429807 Yes
Fries, H. [s.n.] Sweden Sparganium fluitans K002429989 Yes
Standmark, P. [s.n.] Sweden Sparganium fluitans K002429988 Yes
[Hem. A.Frdaiey] [s.n.] Sweden Sparganium fluitans K002429990 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] Sweden Sparganium fluitans K002270001 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sweden Sparganium fluitans K002429993 Yes
Puring, N. [s.n.] Sweden Sparganium fluitans K002429998 Yes
Ångström, J.; Zetterstedt, J.E. [s.n.] Sweden Sparganium fluitans K002270007 Yes
Kirk [s.n.] Sweden Sparganium fluitans K002429985 Yes
[N. O. Sichlman] [s.n.] Sweden Sparganium fluitans K002429995 Yes
[illagible] [s.n.] Sweden Sparganium fluitans K002270003 Yes
Hyltén-Cavallius [s.n.] Sweden Sparganium fluitans K002429999 Yes
[C. A. Norvlend] [s.n.] Sweden Sparganium fluitans K002270006 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] Norway Sparganium fluitans K002429987 Yes
Blytt, A.G. [s.n.] Norway Sparganium fluitans K002429997 Yes
Dusén, K. [s.n.] Sweden Sparganium fluitans K002270005 Yes
Angström, J.A. [80] Sweden Sparganium fluitans K002270002 Yes
{Hj. Hjelt} [s.n.] Finland Sparganium fluitans K002429994 Yes
[Nylusie] [s.n.] Norway Sparganium fluitans K002429996 Yes
Angstrom [s.n.] Sweden Sparganium fluitans K002430000 Yes
Rothert, W.; Werner, E. [346] Sweden Sparganium fluitans K002270008 Yes
Dusén, K. [s.n.] Sweden Sparganium fluitans K002270004 Yes
Collinder, E. [s.n.] Sweden Sparganium fluitans K002429984 Yes
Samuelsson, G. [s.n.] Sweden Sparganium fluitans K002429986 Yes
Ångström, J.; Zetterstedt, J.E. [s.n.] Sweden Sparganium fluitans K002429992 Yes
Sandberg, C. [s.n.] Sweden Sparganium fluitans K002429991 Yes
Woburn [s.n.] Sparganium simplex K002270200 Yes
Beeby, W.H. [s.n.] United Kingdom Sparganium simplex K001691420 Yes
Beeby, W.H. [s.n.] United Kingdom Sparganium simplex K001691421 Yes
Mameev, S. [614] Sparganium simplex var. angustifolium K002270379 No
[illegible] [s.n.] Sparganium simplex var. angustifolium K002270374 Yes
Komarov, V.L. [s.n.] Russia Sparganium simplex var. angustifolium K002270375 Yes
Schreeck [s.n.] Sparganium simplex var. angustifolium K002270377 Yes
Potanin, G.N. [s.n.] Mongolia Sparganium simplex var. angustifolium K002270378 Yes
Andersson [s.n.] Sparganium simplex var. angustifolium K002270376 Yes
Mameev, S. [38] Sparganium simplex var. angustifolium K002270380 Yes

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