Alismataceae
Alisma

Alisma triviale Pursh

First published in Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 252 (1813)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Subarctic America to Mexico (N. Baja California). It is a helophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alaska, Alberta, Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Mexico Northwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Dakota, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Québec, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2000). Flora of North America North of Mexico 22: 1-352. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Meades, S.J. & Brouillet, L. (2019). Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador https://newfoundland-labradorflora.ca/checklist/.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Alisma subcordatum.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2000). Flora of North America North of Mexico 22: 1-352. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Meades, S.J. & Brouillet, L. (2019). Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador https://newfoundland-labradorflora.ca/checklist/.
  • Rebman, J.P., Gibson, J. & Rich, K. (2016). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Baja California, Mexico. Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History 45: 1-352.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1967 Baker, C.F. [138] United States K000950184 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gates, R.R.; Mellanby, K. [[BY]] Canada K003192484 Yes
s.coll. [29360] Canada K003192483 Yes
Lobb, W. [252] United States Alisma plantago-aquatica subsp. brevipes K003192447 Yes
Gleason, H.A.; Gleason, H.A. Jr. [s.n.] United States Alisma plantago-aquatica subsp. brevipes K003192431 Yes
{Lyall} [s.n.] Canada Alisma plantago-aquatica subsp. brevipes K003192428 Yes
Marie-Victorin, F. [28176] Canada Alisma plantago-aquatica subsp. brevipes K003192424 Yes
Geyer, C.A. [439] United States Alisma plantago-aquatica subsp. brevipes K003192445 Yes
Thompson, J.W. [383] United States Alisma plantago-aquatica subsp. brevipes K003192435 Yes
{Drummond} [s.n.] Canada Alisma plantago-aquatica subsp. brevipes K003192426 Yes
Thompson, J.W. [3701] United States Alisma plantago-aquatica subsp. brevipes K003192433 Yes
Macoun, M.A. [1445] Canada Alisma plantago-aquatica subsp. brevipes K003192425 Yes
Lyall, D. [s.n.] United States Alisma plantago-aquatica subsp. brevipes K003192443 Yes
Thompson, J.W. [2817] United States Alisma plantago-aquatica subsp. brevipes K003192436 Yes
Lyall [s.n.] United States Alisma plantago-aquatica subsp. brevipes K003192444 Yes
Baker, C.F. [s.n.] United States Alisma plantago-aquatica subsp. brevipes K003192448 Yes
Eastwood, A. [146] United States Alisma plantago-aquatica subsp. brevipes K003192439 Yes
Leiberg, J.B. [718] United States Alisma plantago-aquatica subsp. brevipes K003192434 Yes
Jones, W.W. [s.n.] United States Alisma plantago-aquatica subsp. brevipes K003192438 Yes
Krautter, L. [s.n.] United States Alisma plantago-aquatica subsp. brevipes K003192450 Yes
Rohlena, J.; Pejovic [s.n.] Canada Alisma plantago-aquatica subsp. brevipes K003192427 Yes
Scouler [s.n.] United States Alisma plantago-aquatica subsp. brevipes K003192442 Yes
Marsh, J.W. [s.n.] United States Alisma plantago-aquatica subsp. brevipes K003192437 Yes
Elmer, A.D.E. [238] United States Alisma plantago-aquatica subsp. brevipes K003192441 Yes
Lowe, C.W. [s.n.] Canada Alisma plantago-aquatica subsp. brevipes K003192423 Yes
Gleason, H.A.; Gleason, H.A. Jr. [s.n.] United States Alisma plantago-aquatica subsp. brevipes K003192432 Yes
Baker, C.F. [425] United States Alisma plantago-aquatica subsp. brevipes K003192449 Yes
{Lyall} [s.n.] United States Alisma plantago-aquatica subsp. brevipes K003192446 Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Gray, A. [s.n.] United States Alisma plantago-aquatica subsp. brevipes K003192440 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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