Vallisneria

Vallisneria americana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Alismatales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Alismatales

Familia: Hydrocharitaceae
Genus:
Species: V. americana – V. anhuiensis – V. annua – V. australis – V. caulescens – V. denseserrulata – V. erecta – V. longipedunculata – V. nana – V. natans – V. rubra – V. spinulosa – V. spiralis – V. triptera

Source(s) of checklist: 

Name

Vallisneria L., 1753

Synonyms

  • Heterotypic
    • Physkium Lour., Fl. Cochinch.: 662 (1790).
    • Maidenia Rendle, J. Bot. 54: 316 (1916).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Cosmopolitan
      • Afghanistan, Alabama, Algeria, Assam, Bangladesh, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burundi, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Congo, Connecticut, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Florida, France, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, India, Indiana, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Kirgizstan, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Louisiana, Maine, Malawi, Mali, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, Nigeria, North Carolina, North Caucasus, Northern Territory, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Pennsylvania, Philippines, Portugal, Primorye, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Sudan, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
    • Introduced into:
      • Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Mauritius, Netherlands, Réunion

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

References

Primary references

Additional references

Vernacular names

  • čeština: Zákruticha
  • Deutsch: Wasserschrauben, Vallisnerien
  • English: eelgrass, tape grass, vallis
  • suomi: Vallisneriat
  • hornjoserbsce: Wódna wjerćawka
  • 日本語: セキショウモ属
  • ქართული: ვალისნერია
  • қазақша: Бұрандажапырақ
  • lietuvių: Valisnerija
  • polski: Nurzaniec (roślina)
  • русский: Валлиснерия
  • oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча: Vallisneriya
  • 中文: 苦草属
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