Sagittaria Ruppius ex L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 993 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Cosmopolitan.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Altay, Amur, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Bahamas, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Burkina, Buryatiya, California, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cayman Is., Central European Russia, Chad, Chile Central, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechia-Slovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Finland, Florida, France, French Guiana, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Labrador, Laos, Louisiana, Madagascar, Magadan, Maine, Malaya, Mali, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nova Scotia, NW. Balkan Pen., Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Puerto Rico, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Senegal, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Sudan-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuva, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutiya, Yukon

Introduced into:

Azores, Borneo, Cook Is., Fiji, Hawaii, Leeward Is., Marianas, Marquesas, Palestine, Society Is., South Australia, Tanzania, Tubuai Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

  • Sagitta Guett. in Hist. Acad. Roy. Sci. Mém. Math. Phys. (Paris, 4to) 1750: 358 (1754), nom. illeg. superfl.

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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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.
  • Stalažs, A. (2024). List of vascular plants of Latvia (with Latvian names): 1-312. Dobele.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Bogin in Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 9: 179-233 (1955).
  • Sp. Pl. 993 (1753)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • C. Bogin in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 9: 179 (1955)
  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 429 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl.: 993 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1952 K000345997 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1952 Kotschy [423] Sudan K000345996 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1952 Baron, R. [996] Madagascar K000345994 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1952 Bojer [s.n.] Madagascar K000345995 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [9809] Bolivia K003194155 Yes
Raynal-Roques, A.; Jéremie, J. [24954] Madagascar K003193712 Yes
Raynal-Roques, A.; Jéremie, J. [24954] Madagascar K003193713 Yes
St. John, H. [20313] United States K003193680 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [15042] Bolivia K003194153 Yes
Grant, S.H. [s.n.] United States K003193972 Yes
Sartwell [s.n.] United States K003193971 Yes
K:SPC-05583.000 No
Wood, J.R.I. [15042] Bolivia K003194154 Yes
Vu Xuan Phong; Huyen, D.D.; Nguyen Van Du; Binh, N.Q.; Do Thi Xuyen [HNK468] Vietnam K003193658 Yes
St. John, H. [10518] United States K003193679 Yes
Duke, B.O.L. [8] Gambia, The Lophotocarpus K:SPC-22465.000 No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

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

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

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • 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.
  • 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