Potamogetonaceae
Potamogeton

Potamogeton spirillus Tuck.

First published in Amer. J. Sci. Arts, ser. 2, 6: 228 (1848)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central & E. Canada to N. Central & NE. U.S.A. It is a hydrosubshrub and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Connecticut, Iowa, Maine, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Vermont, Wisconsin

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

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.
  • Kaplan, Z. & Reveal, J.L. (2013). Taxonomic identity and typification of selected names of North American Potamogetonaceae. Brittonia 65: 452-468.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0