Potamogeton L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 126 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Cosmopolitan.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Altay, Amur, Andaman Is., Angola, Antipodean Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Azores, Bahamas, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burundi, Buryatiya, California, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Central European Russia, Chad, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colombia, Colorado, Comoros, Congo, Connecticut, Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Falkland Is., Finland, Florida, France, Free State, Føroyar, Gabon, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Guatemala, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Labrador, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Libya, Louisiana, Madagascar, Madeira, Magadan, Maine, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Manchuria, Manitoba, Marianas, Marion-Prince Edward Is., Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russia, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Northwest European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, NW. Balkan Pen., Ohio, Oklahoma, Oman, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Puerto Rico, Qinghai, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Rwanda, Réunion, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sicilia, Sierra Leone, Sinai, Socotra, Solomon Is., Somalia, South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Türkey, Türkey-in-Europe, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Western Australia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutiya, Yemen, Yukon, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Fiji

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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PAFTOL

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.
  • Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1987). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 2: 1-448. Nauka, Leningrad.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Dandy in J. Linn. Soc. 50: 507-540 (1937).
  • F.T.A. 8: 219
  • Sp. Pl. 126 (1753)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Dandy in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 50 507–540 (1937).
  • L., Sp. Pl.: 126 (1753).
  • Wiegleb & Kaplan in Folia Geobot. 33: 241–316 (1998).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by K. A. Lye [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Bennett in F.T.A. 8: 219 (1901)
  • Cook, Aquat. Wetl. Pl. S. Afr.: 234– 239 (2004)
  • Dandy in J.L.S. 50: 507– 540 (1937)
  • Sp. Pl.: 126 (1753)
  • Wiegleb & Kaplan in Folia Geobot. 33: 241– 316 (1998)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2002 Hill, C.J. [8216] United States K000099526 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2002 Robbins [s.n.] United States K000099533 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2002 Blackburn, J. [s.n.] Madagascar K000099836 Syntype Yes
Jan 1, 2002 Besser, W. [s.n.] Lithuania K000099849 Isolectotype Yes
Jan 1, 2002 Tuckerman, E. [s.n.] United States K000203541 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2002 Tuckerman, E. [s.n.] United States K000099826 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 2002 Watson, S. [1142] United States K000099832 Isotype Yes
Dec 1, 2000 Cheek, M. [9884] Cameroon K000678180 Yes
May 1, 1997 Cheek, M. [8597] Cameroon K000678178 Yes
[A. Bireau] [s.n.] K003905068 No
[Moesf] Hungary K003088209 No
Hunt, T.C. [s.n.] Portugal K003905556 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [5677] Zimbabwe K003907113 Yes
Haussknecht, C. [s.n.] Iran K003905464 Yes
s.coll. K003088207 No
Wilson, A. United Kingdom K003087353 No
Ahlberg, F. K003088212 No
Jussieu, A.L. [1707] K003905073 No
Jacobson, E. [2049] Indonesia K003906232 Yes
Speke; Grant [s.n.] Uganda K003906822 Yes
van Borssum, J.W. [2417] Indonesia K003906230 Yes
s.coll. K003088205 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5178] Singapore K001120061 Unknown Type Material Yes
[Jblyerffelth] United Kingdom K003087355 No
s.coll. K003086982 No
Kjellmert, G. Sweden K003088202 No
Bishopp, Prof. [s.n.] K003087495 Yes
Caspary, R. [4275] K003088286 Yes
Bingham, M.G. [12795] Zambia K003907115 Yes
Taylor, G. K003087359 No
[Gebr. Sintenis] K003088210 No
Pin, C. [s.n.] K003905074 No
Jacobson, E. [2049] Indonesia K003906231 Yes
Ahlberg, F. K003088211 No
s.coll. [149] New Zealand K003906471 Yes
Moser [s.n.] United States K000203531 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ireland K003905069 No
Alizzi; Sabah [35789] K003905460 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Northern America K000203533 Unknown Type Material Yes
Thomas, A.S. [TH 1226] K003906824 Yes
Coode, M.J.E.; Guého, J. [4010] Mauritius K003907173 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5181] Bangladesh K001120068 Unknown Type Material Yes
Haussknecht, C. [s.n.] Iran K003905462 Yes
Ljungström, E. K003088201 No
[schubter] K003087361 No
s.coll. Australia K003906410 Yes
Haussknecht, C. [s.n.] Iran K003905463 Yes
Braun, A.C.H. K003087360 No
Borén, P. K003088208 No
Mandon, E. [s.n.] K003905066 No
Haussknecht, C. [s.n.] Iran K003905465 Yes
Gossweiller, J. [s.n.] Angola K003907112 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [1832] Botswana K003907111 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [TH 1226] Uganda K003906823 Yes
Griffith, J.E. [1194] United Kingdom K000203572 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wilson, A. United Kingdom K003087352 No
Raynal, J. [16.697] Indonesia K000608217 Yes
Alizzi; Sabah [35801] K003905461 Yes
Griffith, J.E. United Kingdom K003087354 No
Schultz, F.G. K003087362 No
Raynal-Roques, A.; Jéremie, J. [24812] Madagascar K003907171 Yes
[illegible] [611A] K003905072 No
Tuckerman, E. [s.n.] United States K000203532 Unknown Type Material Yes
Pin, C. K003088200 No
Rigo, G. Italy K003088213 No
Cadbury, D.A. [s.n.] United Kingdom K000203586 Paratype Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs.) [15483] Zambia K003907114 Yes
Heslop-Harrison, J. United Kingdom K003087357 No
Croft, J.R.; Lelean, Y. [LAE65441] Ireland K003906266 Yes
Cummingham, A. [322] New Zealand K003906472 Yes
[H. J. van Hattum] K003088203 No
Rix, E.M. [287] Türkiye K003905458 Yes
Wilson, A. United Kingdom K003087351 No
Taylor, G. United Kingdom K003087358 No
Barkley, F.A. [8306] Iraq K003905459 Yes
Taylor, G. United Kingdom K003087356 No
Sleumer, H.O.; Vink, W. [4438] Netherlands K003906264 Yes
Asplund, E. K003088199 No
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; de Wilde, J.J.F.E.; de Wilde-Duyfjes, B.E.E. [5219] Chad K003906607 No
Krawiec, F.; Polskie, R. Poland K003088204 No
[A. Bégll] K003088206 No
Tuckerman, E. [s.n.] United States K000203534 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rakotonirina, N. [557] Madagascar K003907172 Yes
Bradley, R. [123] Niger K003906551 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003905070 No
Aedo, C.; Aizpuru, I.; Aivane, I.; Castroviejo, S.; Garcia, J.; Guernes, A.; Herrero, V.; García, M.A. [s.n.] Italy K003905071 No
Sleumer, H.O.; Vink, W. [4438] Netherlands K003906265 Yes

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