Typhaceae
Sparganium

Sparganium americanum Nutt.

First published in Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 203 (1818)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central & E. Canada to Central & E. U.S.A., Mexico (Sinaloa, Durango), Colombia. It is a helophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome. It is used for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Arkansas, Colombia, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Herkert, J.R. & Ebinger, J.E. (eds.) (2002). Endangered and Threatened Species of Illinois: status and distribution 1: 1-161. Endangered species protection board, Springfield, Illinois.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Grant, S.H. [s.n.] United States K002270508 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] United States K002270506 Yes
Curtiss, M.A. [s.n.] United States K002270533 Yes
Chapm [s.n.] United States K002270522 Yes
Fernald, M.L. [s.n.] United States K002270528 Yes
Palmer, E.J. [8358] United States K002270530 Yes
[Lorey] [s.n.] United States K002270509 Yes
Fernald, M.L.; Long, B.H.; Norton, A.H. [12375] United States K002270518 Yes
Fernald, M.L. [s.n.] United States K002270529 Yes
Watson, G. [s.n.] United States K002270523 Yes
Ahles, H.E.; Duke, J.A. [46900] United States K002270531 Yes
Curtiss, A.H. [2703] United States K002270511 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002270513 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002270512 Yes
Fernald, M.L.; Wiegand, K.M. [4428] Canada K002270505 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002270525 Yes
Curtiss, A.H. [4988] United States K002270510 Yes
Small, J.K. [s.n.] United States K002270517 Yes
Smith, D.B. [s.n.] United States K002270507 Yes
Coville, F.V. [s.n.] United States K002270519 Yes
[Lorney] [s.n.] United States K002270516 Yes
Barkley, F.A. [13021] United States K002270532 Yes
Palmer, E.J. [18565] United States K002270527 Yes
Darlington, W. [s.n.] United States K002270514 Yes
Fredholm, A. [5224] United States K002270524 Yes
Darlington, W.; Martins, C. [s.n.] United States K002270515 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002270520 Yes
Morong, T. [s.n.] United States K002270521 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • 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.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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 2025. 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 2025. 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0