Vallisneria

Vallisneria americana

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Hydrocharitaceae
Genus: Vallisneria
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:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Vallisneria in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 25. Reference page.

Name

Vallisneria L., 1753

• Typus: Vallisneria spiralis L.

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

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 1015. Reference page. 

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. 
• Les, D.H., Jacobs, S.W.L., Tippery, N.P., Chen, L., Moody, M.L. & Wilstermann-Hildebrand, M. 2008. Systematics of Vallisneria (Hydrocharitaceae). Systematic Botany 33(1): 49–65. DOI: 10.1600/036364408783887483 BioOne JSTOR ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Vallisneria in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 25. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Vallisneria in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 25. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Vallisneria. Published online. Accessed: Oct 25 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Vallisneria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Oct 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Vallisneria. 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 25. Reference page. 

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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