Myriophyllum

Myriophyllum aquaticum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Saxifragales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Saxifragales

Familia: Haloragaceae
Genus: Myriophyllum
Species: M. alpinum – M. alterniflorum – M. amphibium – M. aquaticum – M. artesium – M. austropygmaeum – M. axilliflorum – M. bonii – M. callitrichoides – M. caput-medusae – M. coronatum – M. costatum – M. crispatum – M. decussatum – M. dicoccum – M. drummondii – M. echinatum – M. exasperatum – M. farwellii – M. filiforme – M. foveicola – M. glomeratum – M. gracile – M. heterophyllum – M. hippuroides – M. humile – M. implicatum – M. indicum – M. integrifolium – M. intermedium – M. jacobsii – M. lapidicola – M. latifolium – M. laxum – M. limnophilum – M. lophatum – M. mattogrossense – M. mezianum – M. muelleri – M. muricatum – M. oguraense – M. oliganthum – M. papillosum – M. pedunculatum – M. petraeum – M. pinnatum – M. porcatum – M. pygmaeum – M. quitense – M. robustum – M. rubricaule – M. salsugineum – M. siamense – M. sibiricum – M. simulans – M. sparsiflorum – M. spicatum – M. striatocarpum – M. striatum – M. tenellum – M. tetrandrum – M. tillaeoides – M. trachycarpum – M. trifidum – M. triphyllum – M. tuberculatum – M. ussuriense – M. variifolium – M. verrucosum – M. verticillatum – M. votschii

Name

Myriophyllum Ponted. ex L., Sp. Pl. 2: 992 (1753).

• Type species: Myriophyllum spicatum L., Sp. Pl. 2: 992 (1753).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Burshia Raf., Med. Repos. 5: 357 (1808).
  • Enydria Vell., Fl. Flumin. 1: 56, t. 150 (1829).
  • Pelonastes Hook.f., London J. Bot. 6: 474 (1847).
  • Pentapteris Haller, Hist. Stirp. Helv. 1: 424 (1768).
  • Pentapterophyllon Hill, Brit. Herb.: 392 (1756).
  • Potamogeton Walter, Fl. Carol.: 90 (1788), non Potamogeton L., (1753)
  • Sphondylastrum Rchb., Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch: 169 (1841).
  • Vinkia Meijden, Blumea 22: 251 (1975).
  • Meziella Schindl. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 225: 60 (1905).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Northern Europe Denmark, Finland, Føroyar, Great Britain, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden. Regional: Middle Europe Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland. Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia. Regional: Eastern Europe Belarus, Baltic States, Krym, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, South European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia. Regional: Macaronesia Azores, Canary Islands, Madeira (introduced). Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Cameroon. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan. Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya (introduced), Tanzania. Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola (doubtfully present), Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Regional: Southern Africa Botswana, Cape Provinces, Lesotho (introduced), Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Northern Provinces. Regional: Western Indian Ocean Madagascar. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Siberia Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, West Siberia, Yakutskiya. Regional: Russian Far East Amur, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Kuril Islands, Magadan, Primorye, Sakhalin. Regional: Middle Asia Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan. Regional: Caucasus Transcaucasus. Regional: Western Asia Afghanistan, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Turkey. Regional: Arabian Peninsula Saudi Arabia, Yemen. Regional: China China South-Central, Hainan, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, China North-Central, Qinghai, China Southeast, Tibet, Xinjiang. Regional: Mongolia Mongolia. Regional: Eastern Asia Japan, Korea, Taiwan. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya. Regional: Indo-China Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam. Regional: Malesia Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera. Regional: Papuasia New Guinea. Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia. Regional: New Zealand Antipodean Islands, Chatham Islands, New Zealand North, New Zealand South. Continental: Northern America Regional: Subarctic America Aleutian Islands, Alaska, Greenland, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Yukon. Regional: Western Canada Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan. Regional: Eastern Canada Labrador, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Québec. Regional: Northwestern U.S.A. Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming. Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia. Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah. Regional: South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico, Texas. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia (introduced). Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua. Regional: Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica (introduced), Windward Islands. Regional: Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana (doubtfully present), Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Regional: Brazil Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil South. Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Argentina Northwest, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Paraguay, Uruguay. Continental: Antarctic Regional: Subantarctic Islands Falkland Islands, Macquarie Islands. 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: 992. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bartlett, J.K. 1984. Notes on the distribution and associations of some uncommon plants of northern New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Botany 22(2): 307-313. DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.1984.10425259 PDF Reference page. 
• Orchard, A.E. 1979: Myriophyllum (Haloragaceae) in Australasia. I. New Zealand: A revision of the genus and a synopsis of the family. Brunonia 2: 247–287. DOI: 10.1071/BRU9790247 Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Myriophyllum. 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. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sept. 05. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Myriophyllum. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 05 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Myriophyllum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sept. 05. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Myriophyllum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 Sept. 2018.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Шышняк
català: Miriofil·le
čeština: stolístek
Deutsch: Tausendblatt
English: Water Milfoil
eesti: Vesikuusk
فارسی: پرطاووسی (سرده)
suomi: Ärviät
français: Myriophylle
עברית: אלף עלה
hornjoserbsce: Stolistnik
հայերեն: Բյուրատերևուկ
日本語: フサモ属
ქართული: ფრთაფოთოლა
қазақша: Егеушөп
lietuvių: Plunksnalapė
norsk: Tusenbladslekta
polski: Wywłócznik
português: Pinheirinha-d'água
русский: Уруть
slovenčina: stolístok
svenska: Slingesläktet
українська: Водопериця
中文: 雜属

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