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Vallisneria americana Michx.

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 220 (1803)

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Liliopsida
order
Alismatales
family
Hydrocharitaceae
genus
Vallisneria
species
Vallisneria americana

Name

Synonyms
Vallisneria americana var. americana
Vallisneria asiatica Michx.
Vallisneria neotropicalis Vict.
Vallisneria spiralis subsp. americana (Michx.) Torr.
Vallisneria spiralis var. americana (Michx.) Torr.
Vallisneria spiralis var. asiatica (Michx.) Torr.
Homonyms
Vallisneria americana Michx.
Common names
American Eelgrass in English
American Eelgrass in English
American eelgrass in English
American eelgrass in English
Eel-grass in English
Eel-grass in English
Eelgrass in English
Eelgrass in English
Flumine-mississippi in English
Flumine-mississippi in English
Tape-grass in English
Tape-grass in English
Water-celery in English
Water-celery in English
Watercelery in English
Watercelery in English
Wild Celery in English
Wild Celery in English
amerikansk vattenskruv in Swedish
eel-grass in English
eelgrass in English
flumine-Mississippi in English
tape-grass in English
water-celery in English
watercelery in English
wild celery in English
American eelgrass in English
amerikansk vattenskruv in Swedish
vallisnérie d'Amérique in French
Tapegrass in English
Tapegrass in English
eelgrass in English
herbe à la barbotte in French
tapegrass in English
water-celery in English
wild-celery in English

Bibliographic References

  1. (2023) Plants of the World Online
  2. Haynes, Robert R. / Flora of North America Editorial Committee (eds.), 2000: Hydrocharitaceae Jussieu: Tape-grass or Frog-bit Family. Flora of North America North of Mexico, vol. 22: Magnoliophyta: Alismatidae, Arecidae, Commelinidae (in part), and Zingiberidae. 26-38.
  3. Wagner et al. (2012), https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/hawaiianflora/Hawaiian_vascular_plant_updates_1.3.pdf
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