Brasenia schreberi

Brasenia schreberi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Nymphaeales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Classis: Unassigned
Ordo: Nymphaeales

Familia: Cabombaceae
Genus: Brasenia
Species:

Name

Brasenia schreberi J.F.Gmel., Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis]. 2(1): 853. 1791.

Synonyms

  • Brasenia hydropeltis Muhl., Cat. 55; Rafin. Med. Fl. i. 90. f. 17.
  • Brasenia pelta Casp., Nat. Pflanzenfam. (Engler & Prantl) 3. 2. 6. 1886, sphalm.
  • Brasenia peltata Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. (Pursh) 2: 389. 1813, nom. illeg.
  • Brasenia purpurea (Michx.) Casp., Journ. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. 4(16): 312. 1873.
  • Cabomba peltata (Pursh) F.Muell., Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 10 1877.
  • Cabomba peltata (Pursh) F.Muell., Native Pl. Victoria 15. 1879, comb. superfl.
  • Hydropeltis pulla Salisb., Ann. Bot. (König & Sims). 2(1): 74. 1805.
  • Hydropeltis purpurea Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. (Michaux) i. 324. t. 29. 1803.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Cosmopolita
      • Alaska, USA (Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Vermont, Washington State, Wisconsin, West Virginia), Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec), Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Venezuela (Merida, Tachira, Trujillo, Zulia), Guatemala, Belize, Mexico (Chiapas, Jalisco, Michoacan, San Luis Potosi, Tabasco, Veracruz), El Salvador, China (Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan), Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu), Taiwan, Russian Far East (Amur, Primorye), South Korea, Australia (E-Australia from near Atherton in Queensland southwards. Also along the Murray R. in New South Wales and Victoria, and in C-Victoria), Cameroon, Malawi, Burundi, D.R. Congo (Zaire), Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa (Mpulamanga), India (Meghalaya, Khasia), Bhutan, Assam, Bangladesh

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Vernacular names

  • English: water shield
  • 日本語: ジュンサイ
  • 한국어: 순채
  • 中文: 蓴菜
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