Najas gracillima
Najas gracillima

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Alismatales 
Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Hydrocharitaceae
Genus: Najas
Species: Najas gracillima

Name edit

Najas gracillima (A.Braun ex Engelm.) Magnus, 1870

Synonyms edit

  • Basionym
    • Najas indica var. gracillima A.Braun ex Engelm. in A.Gray, Manual, ed. 5, (2nd issue): 681 (1868).
  • Heterotypic
    • Najas japonica Nakai, J. Jap. Bot. 13: 853 (1937).
    • Caulinia japonica (Nakai) Nakai, Ordines: 213 (1943).
    • Caulinia tenuissima subsp. amurensis Tzvelev, Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 13: 19 (1976).
    • Caulinia amurensis (Tzvelev) Tzvelev, Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 16: 208 (1979).
    • Najas tenuissima subsp. amurensis (Tzvelev) Vorosch., Byull. Moskovsk. Obshch. Isp. Prir., Otd. Biol., n.s., 97(4): 112 (1992).

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Asia & Northern America
      • Alabama, Amur, Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Hainan, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Japan, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Korea, Maine, Manchuria, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Taiwan, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin
    • Introduced into:
      • California, France, Greece, Italy, Spain

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

References edit

Primary references edit

Magnus, P.W., 1870. Beitrage zur Kenntniss der Gattung Najas: 23

Additional references edit

  • Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2010). Flora Iberica 17: 1-298. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • Dimopoulos, P., Raus, T., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, T., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A., & Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). Vascular plants of Greece. An annotated checklist: 1-372. Botanic gardens and botanical museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin and Hellenic botanical society, Athens.

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Vernacular names edit

العربية: نجا هزيلة
English: slender waternymph
日本語: イトトリゲモ
中文: 日本茨藻
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