Potamogeton L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 126 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Cosmopolitan.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

Bismarck Archipelago

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Altay, Amur, Andaman Is., Angola, Antipodean Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Azores, Bahamas, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burundi, Buryatiya, California, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Central European Rus, Chad, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colombia, Colorado, Comoros, Congo, Connecticut, Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Is., Finland, Florida, France, Free State, Føroyar, Gabon, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Guatemala, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Labrador, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Libya, Louisiana, Madagascar, Madeira, Magadan, Maine, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Manchuria, Manitoba, Marianas, Marion-Prince Edward, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oman, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Puerto Rico, Qinghai, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Rwanda, Réunion, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sicilia, Sierra Leone, Sinai, Socotra, Solomon Is., Somalia, South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Western Australia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Yukon, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Fiji

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

Kew's Tree of Life Explorer

Discover the flowering plant tree of life and the genomic data used to build it.

View the Tree of Life
PAFTOL

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1987). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 2: 1-448. Nauka, Leningrad.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Dandy in J. Linn. Soc. 50: 507-540 (1937).
  • F.T.A. 8: 219
  • Sp. Pl. 126 (1753)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Dandy in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 50 507–540 (1937).
  • L., Sp. Pl.: 126 (1753).
  • Wiegleb & Kaplan in Folia Geobot. 33: 241–316 (1998).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by K. A. Lye [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Bennett in F.T.A. 8: 219 (1901)
  • Cook, Aquat. Wetl. Pl. S. Afr.: 234– 239 (2004)
  • Dandy in J.L.S. 50: 507– 540 (1937)
  • Sp. Pl.: 126 (1753)
  • Wiegleb & Kaplan in Folia Geobot. 33: 241– 316 (1998)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2002 Hill, C.J. [8216] United States K000099526 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2002 Blackburn, J. [s.n.] Madagascar K000099836 Syntype Yes
Jan 1, 2002 Robbins [s.n.] United States K000099533 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2002 Besser, W. [s.n.] Lithuania K000099849 Isolectotype Yes
Jan 1, 2002 Tuckerman, E. [s.n.] United States K000099826 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 2002 Tuckerman, E. [s.n.] United States K000203541 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2002 Watson, S. [1142] United States K000099832 Isotype Yes
Dec 1, 2000 Cheek, M. [9884] Cameroon K000678180 Yes
May 1, 1997 Cheek, M. [8597] Cameroon K000678178 Yes
Haussknecht, C. [s.n.] Iran K003905464 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5178] Singapore K001120061 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bishopp, Prof. [s.n.] K003087495 No
Hunt, T.C. [s.n.] Portugal K003905556 Yes
Caspary, R. [4275] K003088286 No
Alizzi; Sabah [35789] K003905460 Yes
Moser [s.n.] United States K000203531 Unknown Type Material Yes
Tuckerman, E. [s.n.] United States K000203534 Unknown Type Material Yes
Barkley, F.A. [8306] Iraq K003905459 Yes
Rix, E.M. [287] Turkey K003905458 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Northern America K000203533 Unknown Type Material Yes
Haussknecht, C. [s.n.] Iran K003905462 Yes
Cadbury, D.A. [s.n.] United Kingdom K000203586 Paratype Yes
Haussknecht, C. [s.n.] Iran K003905463 Yes
Griffith, J.E. [1194] United Kingdom K000203572 Unknown Type Material Yes
Alizzi; Sabah [35801] K003905461 Yes
Raynal, J. [16.697] Indonesia K000608217 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5181] Bangladesh K001120068 Unknown Type Material Yes
Tuckerman, E. [s.n.] United States K000203532 Unknown Type Material Yes
Haussknecht, C. [s.n.] Iran K003905465 Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Plants and People Africa

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/
    • © Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/