Najas L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 1015 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Cosmopolitan.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aldabra, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Assam, Austria, Bahamas, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burundi, Buryatiya, California, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Central American Pacific Is., Central European Russia, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, Florida, France, French Guiana, Galápagos, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf States, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Libya, Louisiana, Madagascar, Maine, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mauritius, 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, Netherlands Antilles, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, Newfoundland, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russia, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Nova Scotia, 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, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sicilia, Sierra Leone, Sinai, Socotra, South Australia, South Carolina, South China Sea, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Turks-Caicos Is., Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Western Australia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Yukon, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Krym, Trinidad-Tobago

Synonyms

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.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 8: 225, as Naias
  • Horn af Rantzien in Kew Bull. 7: 29-40 (1952).
  • Sp. Pl. 1015 (1753)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • L., Sp. Pl.: 1015 (1753).
  • Triest in Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Outre-Mer, Cl. Sci. Nat. Méd. 21(4): 19 (1987); 22 1): 35 (1988).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 445 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl.: 1015 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1986 Zollinger, H. [3386] Indonesia K000291645 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Gay, J. [1] Indonesia K000291644 Unknown Type Material Yes
Edmondson, J.; McClintock, M. [E.2971] Cyprus K:SPC-46996.000 No
Franc, I. [3068] New Caledonia K002907610 Yes
Stuge, M.S. [81] Sudan K000346028 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kostermans, A.J.G.H. [K76] Indonesia K002907538 Yes
Wallace, E.C. [9109] Burma K002907498 Yes
Andrews, F.W. [W13] Sudan K:SPC-22468.000 No
Blake, S.J. [20513] Australia K002907601 Yes
Tweedie [3468] Kenya K:SPC-40200.000 No
Barter [1065] Nigeria K000346030 Unknown Type Material Yes
Suzana, S.; Joel, D.; Ubaldus, M.; Lideh, S. [SAN 147539] Malaysia K002907536 Yes
Mozambique K:SPC-19164.000 No
Vanderplank, F.L. Tanzania K:SPC-35253.000 No
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; de Wilde-Duyfjes, B.E.E. [3262] K002907650 Yes
Malato-Beliz [4035] Guinea-Bissau K002907653 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; de Wilde-Duyfjes, B.E.E. [3579 B.] K002907647 Yes
Alves Pereira, J. [4035] Guinea-Bissau K002907652 Yes
Afriastini, J.J. [2766] Indonesia K002907537 Yes
Wallace, E.C. [5909] India K002907497 Yes
Sands, M.J.S.; Pattison, G.A.; Wood, J.J. [1972] Papua New Guinea K002907569 Yes
Backer [1939] Indonesia K002907539 Yes
Fosberg [49035] Seychelles K:SPC-39604.000 No
Assi, A. [9259] Cote d'Ivoire K002907651 Yes
Wallace, E.C. [5910] India K002907496 Yes
s.coll. [5107] K002907499 Yes
Sands, M. [4622] Australia K002907595 Yes
Adams, L.G. [1749] Australia K002907600 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5182] India K001120069 Unknown Type Material Yes
Brass, L.J. [18610] Australia K002907570 Yes
White, M. [s.n.] Australia K002907603 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; de Wilde-Duyfjes, B.E.E. [3491] Cameroon K002907648 Yes
Sands, M. [4622] Australia K002907602 Yes
[Julien] [1508] K002907654 Yes
Preuss [452] K000346029 Unknown Type Material Yes
George, R.W. [s.n.] Australia K002907599 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [21710] India K002907495 Yes
Phillips, S.M.; Weerasooriya, A. [95] Sri Lanka K002907500 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; de Wilde-Duyfjes, B.E.E. [3344] K002907649 Yes
MacKee, H.S. [8341] Australia K002907598 Yes
Topa, E.; Codoreanu, V. [s.n.] Romania K002907214 No
Sands, M. [4862] Australia K002907596 Yes
Raynal-Roques, A. [22353] Mali K002907655 Yes
Ash, J. [1773] Ethiopia K:SPC-35910.000 No
Fischer [614] K000346033 Unknown Type Material Yes
MacKee, H.S. [8424] Australia K002907597 Yes

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
  • 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 2024. 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 2024. 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