Potamogetonaceae
Potamogeton

Potamogeton richardsonii (A.Benn.) Rydb.

First published in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 599 (1905)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Siberia to Russian Far East, Subarctic America to U.S.A. It is a hydrosubshrub and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., British Columbia, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Labrador, Magadan, Maine, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Dakota, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Primorye, Québec, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yakutiya, Yukon

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Ackerfield, J. (2015). Flora of Colorado: 1-818. BRIT Press.
  • Allred, K.W. (2012). Flora Neomexicana, ed. 2, 1: 1-599. Range Science Herbarium, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
  • Czerepanov, S.K. (1995). Vascular Plants of Russia and Adjacent States (The Former USSR): 1-516. Cambridge University Press.
  • Gilman, A.V. (2015). New flora of Vermont. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.
  • Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1987). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 2: 1-448. Nauka, Leningrad.
  • 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.
  • Les, D.H., Les, A.M. & King, U.M. (2015). Najas flexilis (Hydrocharitaceae) in Alaska: a reassessment. Rhodora. Journal of the New England Botanical Club 117: 354-370.
  • Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
  • Nikolin, E.G. (2020). Opredelitel' vysshikh rasteniy Yakutii: 1-895. Moskva : Tovarishchestvo Nauchnykh Izdaniy KMK Novosibirsk "Nauka".
  • Packer, J.G. & Gould, J. (2007). Vascular Plants of alberta 1: 1-281. University of Calgary Press.
  • Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542. New York Botanical Garden.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ackerfield, J. (2015). Flora of Colorado: 1-818. BRIT Press.
  • Allred, K.W. (2012). Flora Neomexicana, ed. 2, 1: 1-599. Range Science Herbarium, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2000). Flora of North America North of Mexico 22: 1-352. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Gilman, A.V. (2015). New flora of Vermont. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.
  • 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.
  • Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1987). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 2: 1-448. Nauka, Leningrad.
  • Les, D.H., Les, A.M. & King, U.M. (2015). Najas flexilis (Hydrocharitaceae) in Alaska: a reassessment. Rhodora. Journal of the New England Botanical Club 117: 354-370.
  • Meades, S.J. & Brouillet, L. (2019). Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador https://newfoundland-labradorflora.ca/checklist/.
  • Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
  • Nikolin, E.G. (2020). Opredelitel' vysshikh rasteniy Yakutii: 1-895. Moskva : Tovarishchestvo Nauchnykh Izdaniy KMK Novosibirsk "Nauka".
  • Packer, J.G. & Gould, J. (2007). Vascular Plants of alberta 1: 1-281. University of Calgary Press.
  • Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542. New York Botanical Garden.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Cody, W.J.; Looman, J. [14134] Canada K003907842 Yes
Denny, P. [18] Canada K003907843 Yes
Denny, P. [s.n.] Canada K003907845 Yes
Muenscher, W.C.; Clausen, R.T. [19570] United States K001609822 Yes
Denny, P. [s.n.] Canada K003907846 Yes
Denny, P. [s.n.] Canada K003907844 Yes
Soper, J.H. [2320] Canada Potamogeton perfoliatus var. richardsonii K003907826 Yes
Lapham, I.A. [s.n.] United States Potamogeton perfoliatus var. richardsonii K003907859 Yes
Adams, J. [s.n.] Canada Potamogeton perfoliatus var. richardsonii K003907821 Yes
Turner, G.H. [8890] Canada Potamogeton perfoliatus var. richardsonii K003907817 Yes
Gates, R.R.; Mellanby, K. [P] Canada Potamogeton perfoliatus var. richardsonii K003907818 Yes
Howell, J. [s.n.] United States Potamogeton perfoliatus var. richardsonii K003907864 Yes
Gates, R.R.; Mellanby, K. [[WPY]] Canada Potamogeton perfoliatus var. richardsonii K003907825 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States Potamogeton perfoliatus var. richardsonii K003907855 Yes
Macoun, J. [s.n.] Canada Potamogeton perfoliatus var. richardsonii K003907831 Yes
Macoun, J. [s.n.] Canada Potamogeton perfoliatus var. richardsonii K003907833 Yes
Sartwell [s.n.] United States Potamogeton perfoliatus var. richardsonii K003907870 Yes
Bailey, W.W. [1135] United States Potamogeton perfoliatus var. richardsonii K003907865 Yes
McCalla, W.C. [2370] Canada Potamogeton perfoliatus var. richardsonii K003907857 Yes
Warren, E.M. [509] Canada Potamogeton perfoliatus var. richardsonii K003907827 Yes
Coville, F.V. [s.n.] United States Potamogeton perfoliatus var. richardsonii K003907867 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States Potamogeton perfoliatus var. richardsonii K003907854 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Canada Potamogeton perfoliatus var. richardsonii K003907829 Yes
Sandberg, J.H.; MacDougal, D.T.; Heller, A.A. [956] United States Potamogeton perfoliatus var. richardsonii K003907850 Yes
Lyall, D. [s.n.] Canada Potamogeton perfoliatus var. richardsonii K003907868 Yes
Lyall, D. [s.n.] United States Potamogeton perfoliatus var. richardsonii K003907863 Yes
Hermann, F.J. [10398] United States Potamogeton perfoliatus var. richardsonii K003907847 Yes
Sartwell [s.n.] United States Potamogeton perfoliatus var. richardsonii K003907853 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States Potamogeton perfoliatus var. richardsonii K003907851 Yes
Leiberg, J.B. [1574] United States Potamogeton perfoliatus var. richardsonii K003907862 Yes
s.coll. [2725] United States Potamogeton perfoliatus var. richardsonii K003907849 Yes
Marie-Victorin, F. [28605] Canada Potamogeton perfoliatus var. richardsonii K003907820 Yes
Dorrien-Smith, A.A. [209] Canada Potamogeton perfoliatus var. richardsonii K003907841 Yes
Baldwin, W.K.W. [5427] Canada Potamogeton perfoliatus var. richardsonii K003907840 Yes
Shaw, C.H. [s.n.] United States Potamogeton perfoliatus var. richardsonii K003907856 Yes
Schuette, J.H. [s.n.] United States Potamogeton perfoliatus var. richardsonii K003907866 Yes
Lyall (Dr) [s.n.] United States Potamogeton perfoliatus var. richardsonii K003907869 Yes
Rolland-Germain (Bro.) [s.n.] Canada Potamogeton perfoliatus var. richardsonii K003907824 Yes
Loring, C.G. [s.n.] United States Potamogeton perfoliatus var. richardsonii K003907860 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Canada Potamogeton perfoliatus var. richardsonii K003907830 Yes
Scoggan, H.J. [3585] Canada Potamogeton perfoliatus var. richardsonii K003907839 Yes
Drummond [s.n.] Canada Potamogeton perfoliatus var. richardsonii K003907835 Yes
Olney [s.n.] United States Potamogeton perfoliatus var. richardsonii K003907852 Yes
Macoun (Prof.) [1435] Canada Potamogeton perfoliatus var. richardsonii K003907836 Yes
Macoun, J. [3048] Canada Potamogeton perfoliatus var. richardsonii K003907822 Yes
Scoggan, H.J. [5598] Canada Potamogeton perfoliatus var. richardsonii K003907838 Yes
[A H B] [s.n.] Canada Potamogeton perfoliatus var. richardsonii K003907823 Yes
Warren, E.M. [531] Canada Potamogeton perfoliatus var. richardsonii K003907828 Yes
Bourgeau, E. [s.n.] Canada Potamogeton perfoliatus var. richardsonii K003907834 Yes
Gates, R.R.; Mellanby, K. [s.n.] Canada Potamogeton perfoliatus var. richardsonii K003907819 Yes
Davison [s.n.] Potamogeton perfoliatus var. richardsonii K003907832 Yes
Scoggan, H.J. [6783] Canada Potamogeton perfoliatus var. richardsonii K003907837 Yes
MacDougal, D.T. [805] United States Potamogeton perfoliatus var. richardsonii K003907861 Yes
Eyerdam, W.J. [2156] United States Potamogeton perfoliatus var. richardsonii K003907858 Yes
Clausen, R.T.; Trapido, H. [5070] United States Potamogeton perfoliatus var. richardsonii K003907848 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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 2026. 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