Vallisneria americana

Vallisneria americana

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Hydrocharitaceae
Genus: Vallisneria
Species: Vallisneria americana

Name

Vallisneria americana Michx., 1803

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Vallisneria spiralis var. americana (Michx.) Torr., Comp. Fl. N. Middle Stat.: 365 (1826).
• Heterotypic
  • Vallisneria neotropicalis Vict., Contr. Inst. Bot. Univ. Montréal 46: 34 (1943).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Québec, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin Continental: Southern America Regional: Northern South America Colombia Regional: Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica Regional: Central America Guatemala, Honduras References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Michaux, A. 1803. Flora Boreali-Americana: sistens caracteres plantarum quas in America septentrionali collegit et detexit Andreas Michaux. Vol. 2. 340 pp. Parisiis et Argentorati [Paris & Strasbourg]: fratres Levrault. BHL Reference page. : 2: 220

Additional references

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
• Allred, K.W. (2012). Flora Neomexicana, ed. 2, 1: 1-599. Range Science Herbarium, Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Vallisneria americana 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 americana 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 americana. Published online. Accessed: Oct 25 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Vallisneria americana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Oct 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Vallisneria americana. 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. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Vallisneria americana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: Wild celery, American eelgrass
norsk: Kjempevallisneria
polski: Nurzaniec amerykański

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