Lagarosiphon

Lagarosiphon

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Hydrocharitaceae
Genus: Lagarosiphon
Species: L. cordofanus – L. hydrilloides – L. ilicifolius – L. madagascariensis – L. major – L. muscoides – L. rubellus – L. steudneri – L. verticillifolius

Name

Lagarosiphon Harv., J. Bot. (Hooker) 4: 230 (1841).

• Typus: Lagarosiphon muscoides Harv.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Tropical Africa Angola, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Switzerland Recorded in error in: Ghana References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Harvey, W.H., 1841. J. Bot. (Hooker) 4: 230

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. Lagarosiphon in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 24. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Lagarosiphon in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 24. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Lagarosiphon. Published online. Accessed: Oct 24 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Lagarosiphon. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 Oct 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Lagarosiphon. 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 24. Reference page. 
• USDA NRCS PLANTS Profile

Vernacular names

English: oxygen-weed
suomi: Vesihännät

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