Vallisneria spiralis

Vallisneria spiralis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Hydrocharitaceae
Genus: Vallisneria
Species: Vallisneria spiralis

Name

Vallisneria spiralis L., 1753

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Vallisneria jacquinii Savi, Osserv. Div. Piante: 12 (1816).
  • Vallisneria michelii Savi, Osserv. Div. Piante: 11 (1816).
  • Vallisneria linnet Bercht. & J.Presl, Prir. Rostlin 1: 7 (1823).
  • Vallisneria jacquiniana Spreng., Syst. Veg. ed. 16, 3: 900 (1826).
  • Vallisneria micheliana Spreng., Syst. Veg. ed. 16, 3: 900 (1826).
  • Vallisneria pusilla Barbieri ex Bertol., Fl. Ital. 10: 299 (1855).
  • Vallisneria aethiopica Fenzl, Sitzungsber. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Cl. 51(1; 2): 139 (1865).
  • Vallisneria numidica Pomel, Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl. 2: 386 (1875).
  • Vallisneria spiralis subvar. jacquinii (Savi) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 678 (1882).
  • Vallisneria spiralis subvar. michelii (Savi) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 678 (1882).
  • Vallisneria spiralis var. pusilla (Barbieri ex Bertol.) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 678 (1882).
  • Vallisneria spiralis f. aethiopica (Fenzl) T.Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 2 (1894).
  • Vallisneria spiralis var. numidica (Pomel) Maire & Weiller, Fl. Afrique N. 1: 226 (1952).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Eurasia & Africa Afghanistan, Algeria, Assam, Bangladesh, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burundi, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, France, Ghana, Greece, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kirgizstan, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nigeria, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Palestine, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South European Russia, Sudan, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Extinct in: Spain 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

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
• Bosser, J. & al. (1984). Flore des Mascareignes 191-201 IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.

Links

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

Vernacular names

العربية: فاليسناريا سبيراليس
čeština: Zákruticha šroubovitá
English: straight vallis, tape grass, eelgrass
suomi: Kierrevallisneria
français: Vallisnérie spiralée
hornjoserbsce: Wšědna wódna wjerćawka
magyar: Közönséges csavarhínár
polski: Nurzaniec śrubowy
русский: Валлиснерия спиральная
українська: Валіснерія спіральна

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