Hydrocharitaceae

Hydrilla Rich.

First published in Mém. Cl. Sci. Math. Inst. Natl. France 12(2): 9 (1811 publ. 1814)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is E. Europe to Asia, Australia, Uganda to N. Zambia.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Altay, Amur, Assam, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Borneo, Burundi, Cambodia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Iran, Irkutsk, Japan, Jawa, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Manchuria, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Northwest European R, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Primorye, Queensland, Rwanda, South Australia, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Uganda, Victoria, Vietnam, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Western Australia, Yakutskiya, Zambia, Zaïre

Introduced into:

Alabama, Arizona, Aruba, California, Canary Is., Colombia, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Fiji, Florida, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Great Britain, Honduras, Indiana, Ireland, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kansas, Kentucky, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Madagascar, Maine, Marianas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritius, Mexico Northeast, Mississippi, Missouri, Mozambique, New Caledonia, New York, New Zealand North, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Panamá, Pennsylvania, Réunion, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Cook & Lüönd in Aquatic Bot. 13: 485–504 (1982).
  • Rich. in Mém. Cl. Sci. Math. Inst. Nat. France 181 (2): 9, 61, 73, 75 (1814).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Cook & Lüönd in Aquat. Bot. 13: 485 (1982)
  • Wright in F.T.A. 7: 1 (1897)
  • in Mém. Cl. Sci. Math. Phys. Inst. France 1811(2): 9, 61, 69, 75 (1812, published 1814)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1936 Besser, W.S.J.G. [s.n.] Lithuania K000912637 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0