Hydrocharitaceae

Vallisneria P.Micheli ex L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 1015 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Old World, N. & Central America, Caribbean.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

Cameroon

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Algeria, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cambodia, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Congo, Connecticut, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Florida, France, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, India, Indiana, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Kirgizstan, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Louisiana, Maine, Malawi, Mali, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, Nigeria, North Carolina, North Caucasus, Northern Territory, Nova Scotia, NW. Balkan Pen., Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Pennsylvania, Philippines, Portugal, Primorye, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russia, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Extinct in:

Spain

Introduced into:

Belgium, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Mauritius, Netherlands, Poland, Réunion

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 database update import Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 7: 5.
  • Sp. Pl. 1015 (1753)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • L., Sp. Pl.: 1015 (1753).
  • Lowden in Aquatic Bot. 13: 283 (1982).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Lowden in Aquat. Bot. 13: 283 (1982)
  • Sp. Pl.: 1015 (1753)
  • Wright in F.T.A. 7: 5 (1897)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

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

  • 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