Potamogetonaceae
Potamogeton

Potamogeton octandrus Poir.

First published in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 4: 534 (1816)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Himalaya to Russian Far East and Indo-China. It is a hydroannual or hydrosubshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Amur, Assam, Bangladesh, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Manchuria, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Primorye, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2022). https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12686. epublication.
  • Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  • Andrews, F.W. (1956). The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 1-579. T.Buncle & co., LTD., Arbroath, Scotland.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
  • Czerepanov, S.K. (1995). Vascular Plants of Russia and Adjacent States (The Former USSR): 1-516. Cambridge University Press.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hara, H., Stearn, W.T. & Williams, H.J. (1978). An Enumeration of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 1: 1-154. Trustees of British Museum, London.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1968). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(1): 1-276.
  • Ito, Y. (2013). New records of aquatic monocots for the flora of Thailand: Nechamandra alternifolia (Roxb. ex Wight) Thwaites (Hydrocharitaceae) and Potamogeton octandrus Poiret (Potamogetonaceae). Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 41: 140-144.
  • Ito, Y., Ohi-Toma, T., Tanaka, N. & Murata, J. (2009). New or noteworthy plant collections from Myanmar (3) Caldesia parnassifolia, Nechamandra alternifolia, Potamogeton maackianus and P. octandrus. The Journal of Japanese Botany 84: 321-329.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Japan IVa: 1-430. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Khan, M.S. & Mahbuba Halim (1989). Flora of Bangladesh 40: 1-9. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.
  • Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1987). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 2: 1-448. Nauka, Leningrad.
  • Kozhevnikov, A.E., Kozhevnikov, Z.V., Kwak, M. & Lee, B.Y. (2019). Illustrated flora of the Primorsky Territory, Russian Far East: 1-1124. National institute of biological resources.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lee, W.T. (1996). Lineamenta Florae Koreae: 1-1688. Soul T'ukpyolsi: Ak'ademi Sojok.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.
  • Leroy, J.-F. (ed.) (1983). Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viêt-Nam 20: 1-175. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Noltie, H.J. (1994). Flora of Bhutan 3(1): 1-456. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Nooteboom, H.P. (ed.) (2002). Flora Malesiana 16: 1-224. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
  • Ohwi, J. (1984). Flora of Japan (in English): 1-1067. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Symoens, J.J. (2006). Potamogetonaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-16.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2009). Flora Zambesiaca 12(2): 1-208. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Zhao, Y.Z., Zhao, L.Q. & Rui, C. (eds.) (2019). Flora Intramongolica, edition 3, 6: 1-619. Typis Intramongolicae popularis, Huhhot.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Dandy in J. Linn. Soc. 50: 517, fig. 2 (map) (1937)
  • Obermeyer in Fl. S. Afr. 1: 65, fig. 16, 1 (1966).
  • in Lam., Encycl. Méth., Bot., Suppl. 4: 534 (1816)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Clarke & Klaassen, Water Pl. Namibia: 62 (2001).
  • Cook, Aq. Wetl. Pl. Sthn. Africa: 235 (2004).
  • Dandy in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 50: 517 (1937).
  • Gibbs Russell in Kirkia 10: 434 (1977).
  • Lisowski et al. in F.A.C., Potamogetonaceae: 5 (1978).
  • Obermeyer in F.S.A. 1: 65 (1966).
  • Podlech in Merxmüller, Prodr. Fl. SW Afr., fam.144: 2 (1966).
  • Poir. in Lamark, Encycl. Méth. Bot., suppl. 4: 534 (1816).
  • Wiegleb & Kaplan in Folia Geobot. 33: 298 (1998).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Hara, H., Stearn, W.T. & Williams, H.J. (1978). An Enumeration of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 1: 1-154. Trustees of British Museum, London.
  • Ito, Y., Ohi-Toma, T., Tanaka, N. & Murata, J. (2009). New or noteworthy plant collections from Myanmar (3) Caldesia parnassifolia, Nechamandra alternifolia, Potamogeton maackianus and P. octandrus. The Journal of Japanese Botany 84: 321-329.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Khan, M.S. & Mahbuba Halim (1989). Flora of Bangladesh 40: 1-9. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.
  • Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1987). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 2: 1-448. Nauka, Leningrad.
  • Leroy, J.-F. (ed.) (1983). Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viêt-Nam 20: 1-175. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • Noltie, H.J. (1994). Flora of Bhutan 3(1): 1-456. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Nooteboom, H.P. (ed.) (2002). Flora Malesiana 16: 1-224. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
  • Ohwi, J. (1984). Flora of Japan (in English): 1-1067. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Agnew, A.D.Q. & Agnew, S., Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, ed. 2: 302 (1994).
  • Cook, Aquat. Wetl. Pl. S. Afr.: 236, fig. 253 d– e (2004).
  • Dandy in Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 50: 517, fig. 2 (1937).
  • Hepper in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 16 (1968).
  • Lisowski et al. in Flore d'Afrique Centrale, Potamogetonaceae: 5 (1978).
  • Poir. in Lam., Encycl. Méth. Bot., Suppl. 4: 534 (1816).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2014 Baum, H. [96] Angola K001096095 Type Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [5032] Nigeria K:SPC-23602.000 No
J.D.H.; T.T. [s.n.] India K003906092 No
Wood, G. [461] Uganda K:SPC-23601.000 No
s.coll [1250] India K003906091 No
s.coll [5605/1] Bangladesh K001691402 No
Mueller [s.n.] Australia K000203606 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hepper, F.N. [4197] Cameroon K:SPC-32757.000 No
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [1788] Tanzania K:SPC-32867.000 No
Mueller, B.F.Von. [s.n.] Australia K000203607 Unknown Type Material Yes

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