- Family:
- Hydrocharitaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Najas L.
- Species:
- Najas marina L.
Najas marina subsp. marina

Native to:
Altay, Amur, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Aruba, Assam, Austria, Bahamas, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Canary Is., Central American Pac, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Corse, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East European Russia, Egypt, El Salvador, Finland, Florida, France, Galápagos, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Gulf States, Haiti, Hungary, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Leeward Is., Libya, Maluku, Manchuria, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mongolia, Myanmar, Netherlands, Nevada, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, North Caucasus, North Dakota, Northern Territory, Northwest European R, Norway, Ohio, Oman, Pakistan, Panamá, Pennsylvania, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Romania, Réunion, Sicilia, Socotra, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Texas, Thailand, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Turks-Caicos Is., Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Victoria, Vietnam, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Western Australia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Xinjiang, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
Illinois
- Ittnera major (All.) C.C.Gmel.
- Ittnera najas C.C.Gmel.
- Najas aculeolata (Tzvelev) A.V.Grebenjuk
- Najas fluviatilis Poir.
- Najas fucoides Griff.
- Najas gracilis (Morong) Small
- Najas laevis Lojac.
- Najas latifolia A.Braun
- Najas latior F.Muell. ex K.Schum.
- Najas major All.
- Najas major var. gracilis Morong
- Najas major var. microcarpa A.Braun
- Najas major subsp. multidentata (A.Braun) K.Richt.
- Najas major subsp. paucidentata (A.Braun) K.Richt.
- Najas major var. polonica (Zalewski) Tzvelev
- Najas marina subsp. aculeolata Tzvelev
- Najas marina var. angustissima K.Schum.
- Najas marina var. californica Rendle
- Najas marina subsp. ehrenbergii (A.Braun) L.Triest
- Najas marina var. gracilis (Morong) Dudley
- Najas marina var. kashmirensis L.Triest
- Najas marina subsp. latior (K.Schum.) L.Triest
- Najas marina subsp. major (All.) Viinikka
- Najas marina var. mexicana Rendle
- Najas marina subsp. microcarpa (A.Braun) L.Triest
- Najas marina var. ohwii L.Triest
- Najas marina var. recurvata Dudley
- Najas marina var. riedelii K.Schum.
- Najas marina subsp. susiana L.Triest
- Najas maritima Pall.
- Najas microcarpa (A.Braun) Bolle ex Christ
- Najas monosperma Willd.
- Najas muricata Thuill.
- Najas polonica Zalewski
- Najas tetrasperma Willd.
Najas marina subsp. marina appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jan 1, 1988 | Thamer [46794], Iraq | Najas marina subsp. susiana | K000912603 | holotype | Yes |
Jan 1, 1984 | Riedel [s.n.], Brazil | Najas marina var. riedelii | K000587198 | isotype | Yes |
Jan 1, 1974 | Curtiss, A.H. [2705], Florida | Najas major var. gracilis | K000912656 | isotype | Yes |
Accepted by
- Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1988). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 10: 1-590. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
- Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
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