Hydrocharitaceae
Vallisneria

Vallisneria neotropicalis Vict.

First published in Contr. Inst. Bot. Univ. Montréal 46: 34 (1943)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Florida to Honduras, NW. Colombia, Caribbean. It is a hydroperennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Bahamas, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Louisiana, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mississippi, Texas

Introduced into:

Central European Russia

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2021). https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304377021000802/pdfft?md5=dda8f1c92492d9db183483139dcf6c22&pid=1-s2.0-S0304377021000802-main.pdf. epublication.
  • (2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2023.103669. epublication.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192. [Cited as Vallisneria americana.]
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F. [Cited as Vallisneria americana.]
  • Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1996). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(6): 1-116. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F. [Cited as Vallisneria americana.]
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2000). Flora of North America North of Mexico 22: 1-352. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford. [Cited as Vallisneria americana.]
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. [Cited as Vallisneria americana.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2021). https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304377021000802/pdfft?md5=dda8f1c92492d9db183483139dcf6c22&pid=1-s2.0-S0304377021000802-main.pdf. epublication.
  • (2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2023.103669. epublication.
  • Adams, C.D. (1972). Flowering Plants of Jamaica: 1-848. University of the West Indies, Mona.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1996). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(6): 1-116. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2000). Flora of North America North of Mexico 22: 1-352. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Leon, H. (1946). Flora de Cuba 1: 1-441. Cultural S. A., La Habana.
  • Moscoso, R.H. (1943). Catalogus Florae Domingensis: 1-732. New York.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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