Hydrilla

Hydrilla verticillata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Alismatales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Alismatales

Familia: Hydrocharitaceae
Genus: Hydrilla
Species: H. verticillata

Name

Hydrilla Rich., (1811 publ. 1814).

• monotypic taxon

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Serpicula L.f., Suppl. Pl.: 416 (1782), nom. illeg.
  • Ixia Muhl. ex Spreng., Syst. Veg., 1: 171 (1824), not validly publ.
  • Epigynanthus Blume, Flora 8: 679 (1825), nom. nud.
  • Hydrospondylus Hassk., Flora 25(2 Beibl.): 33 (1842).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Eurasia & Africa Afghanistan, Altay, Amur, Assam, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Borneo, Burundi, Cambodia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Iran, Irkutsk, Japan, Jawa, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Manchuria, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Northwest European R, Pakistan, Philippines, Primorye, Queensland, Rwanda, South Australia, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Uganda, Victoria, Vietnam, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Western Australia, Zambia, Zaïre Introduced into: Alabama, Arizona, Aruba, California, Canary Is., Colombia, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Fiji, Florida, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Great Britain, Honduras, Indiana, Ireland, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kansas, Kentucky, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Madagascar, Maine, Marianas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritius, Mexico Northeast, Mississippi, Missouri, Mozambique, New Caledonia, New York, New Zealand North, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Panamá, Pennsylvania, Réunion, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Richard, L.C.M., (1811 publ. 1814). Mém. Cl. Sci. Math. Inst. Natl. France (2): 9

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2011. World checklist of selected plant families published update. Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Hydrilla in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 23. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Hydrilla in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Hydrilla. Published online. Accessed: Oct 23 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Hydrilla. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Oct 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Hydrilla. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 23. Reference page. 
• USDA plants profile for Hydrilla [1]
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Hydrilla in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

eesti: Hüdralill

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