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Potamogeton nodosus Poir.

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Potamogeton nodosus Poir.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymPotamogeton americanus Cham. & Schltdl., nom. illeg.
synonymPotamogeton americanus subsp. mascarensis (Cham. & Schltdl.) A.Benn.
synonymPotamogeton americanus var. novaeboracensis (Morong) A.Benn.
synonymPotamogeton americanus var. thunbergii (Cham. & Schltdl.) A.Benn.
synonymPotamogeton canariensis Link
synonymPotamogeton drucei Fryer
synonymPotamogeton fluitans f. brevifolius G.Fisch.
synonymPotamogeton fluitans f. congestus G.Fisch.
synonymPotamogeton fluitans f. latifolius G.Fisch.
synonymPotamogeton fluitans f. spathulifolius G.Fisch.
synonymPotamogeton fluitans subsp. americanus Graebn.
synonymPotamogeton fluitans var. novaeboracensis (Morong) Graebn.
synonymPotamogeton fluitans var. robustus Tab.Morais
synonymPotamogeton fluitans var. stagnatilis W.D.J.Koch
synonymPotamogeton indicus Roxb., nom. illeg.
synonymPotamogeton insulanus Hagstr.
synonymPotamogeton leschenaultii Cham. & Schltdl.
synonymPotamogeton lonchites var. novaeboracensis Morong
synonymPotamogeton machianus Lowe ex Graebn., nom. inval.
synonymPotamogeton malaianus Miq.
synonymPotamogeton mascarensis Cham. & Schltdl.
synonymPotamogeton mexicanus A.Benn.
synonymPotamogeton montanus C.Presl
synonymPotamogeton natans f. capensis Kunth
synonymPotamogeton natans var. canariensis (Link) T.Durand & Schinz
synonymPotamogeton natans var. mexicanus M.Martens & Galeotti
synonymPotamogeton natans var. serotinus (Schrad. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Boiss.
synonymPotamogeton nodosus f. angustissimus Hagstr.
synonymPotamogeton nodosus f. brevifolius (G.Fisch.) Soó
synonymPotamogeton nodosus f. congestus (G.Fisch.) Soó
synonymPotamogeton nodosus f. latifolius (G.Fisch.) Soó
synonymPotamogeton nodosus f. spathulifolius (G.Fisch.) Soó
synonymPotamogeton nodosus var. stagnatilis (W.D.J.Koch) Soó
synonymPotamogeton nuttallii var. portoricensis (Graebn.) Graebn.
synonymPotamogeton occidentalis Sieber ex Cham. & Schltdl.
synonymPotamogeton owaihiensis Cham. & Schltdl.
synonymPotamogeton pensylvanicus var. portoricensis Graebn.
synonymPotamogeton peruviana C.Presl
synonymPotamogeton petiolaris Raf., nom. utique rej.
synonymPotamogeton rotundatus Hagstr.
synonymPotamogeton roxburghianus Schult. & Schult.f.
synonymPotamogeton semicoloratus A.Benn.
synonymPotamogeton serotinus Schrad.
synonymPotamogeton stagnorum Hagstr.
synonymPotamogeton syriacus Cham. & Schltdl.
synonymPotamogeton thunbergii Cham. & Schltdl.
🗒 Common Names
Other
  • Long Leaf Pondweed
  • Potamogeton canariensis Link
  • Potamogeton leschenaultii Cham. & Schltdl.
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Aquatic herb
Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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    Brief
    Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1 Year Assessed: 2010 Assessor/s: Zhuang, X. Reviewer/s: Juffe Bignoli, D., Bounphanmy, S. & Homsombath, K. Justification: This is a widespread species. No major threats have been reported. It is listed as Least Concern. Conservation Actions: No conservation measures are in place.
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      Flowering class: Monocot Habit: Herb
      Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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        Diagnostic Keys
        Description
        Perennial, rhizomatous and aquatic. Stem branched, leafy, terete and simple. Leaves heterophyllous, submerged leaves petiolate, lanceolate or broadly lanceolate-oblong, veins 9 or more, thin translucent, 6-10.5 cm long; floating leaves broadly ovate, elliptic, coriaceous, of firm texture, 4-16 cm long, 2-5 cm broad, entire. Stipules free, keeled, lanceolate 2-15 cm long, 8-10 mm broad. Spikes cylindric, 4.5-11 cm long, 1.5-2.5 mm broad; peduncle 7-11 cm long. Flowers in whorls, sessile, small. Perianth segments small, obtuse, entire, c. 1.5 mm long. Stigma short. Fruitlets 3-4 mm long, 2-3 mm broad, obliquely obovoid, spongy, ventral margin convex, shortly beaked.
        Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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          📚 Natural History
          Cyclicity
          Flowering and fruiting: Throughout the year
          Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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            📚 Habitat and Distribution
            General Habitat

            Habitat

            Freshwater
            Freshwater
            Marshy areas
            Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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              Habitat and Ecology: It can grow in most water bodies, from lake margins to ponds, temporary pools, streams and backwaters of large rivers. It is more frequent in mesotrophic to eutrophic waters as it tolerates nutrient enrichment. Systems: Freshwater List of Habitats: 5, 5.1, 5.5, 5.7, 5.8
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                Ponds, ditches, puddles, slow running water courses
                Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                  Description
                  Global Distribution

                  Indo-Malesia, Europe, Africa and America

                  Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                    Range Description: It is a cosmopolitan species being recorded from Europe to Africa, Asia, Oceania and South America. In the Indo-Burma region, it has been recorded from Quangbinh in northern Viet Nam and in northern Thailand. It may be present in Lao PDR, but this is not certain. Countries - Native: Afghanistan; Albania; Angola (Angola); Australia (Northern Territory, Western Australia); Austria; Bahamas; Bangladesh; Belarus; Bhutan; Botswana; Chad; China (Shaanxi, Xinjiang, Yunnan); Comoros; Cuba; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Dominica; Ethiopia; France (Corse, France (mainland)); Germany; Greece; Guatemala; Haiti; Hungary; India; Indonesia (Jawa, Sulawesi, Sumatera); Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iraq; Italy (Italy (mainland), Sardegna); Jamaica; Kazakhstan; Lebanon; Lesotho; Liechtenstein; Madagascar; Mauritania; Mauritius; Mexico; Moldova; Montenegro; Myanmar; Nepal; Netherlands; New Caledonia; Nigeria; Oman; Pakistan; Panama; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Portugal (Madeira, Portugal (mainland), Selvagens); Puerto Rico; Romania; Russian Federation (Amur, Central European Russia, East European Russia, Kaliningrad, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia); Saudi Arabia; Senegal; Serbia; Seychelles; Slovakia; Slovenia; South Africa (Eastern Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Cape Province, North-West Province, Western Cape Province); Spain (Canary Is., Spain (mainland)); Sri Lanka; Sudan; Switzerland; Syrian Arab Republic; Taiwan, Province of China; Tajikistan; Tanzania, United Republic of; Thailand; Trinidad and Tobago; Turkey; Turkmenistan; Ukraine (Krym, Ukraine (main part)); United Kingdom; Uzbekistan; Venezuela (Venezuela (mainland)); Viet Nam; Yemen; Zambia; Zimbabwe Presence uncertain: Lao People's Democratic Republic
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                      Global Distribution

                      India: Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan; Temperate And Subtropical Regions Of World

                      Indian Distribution

                      Kamrup

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                        No Data
                        📚 Occurrence
                        No Data
                        📚 Demography and Conservation
                        Trends
                        Population: This species appears to be widespread and common in a wide range of freshwater habitats. Population Trend: Unknown
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                          Conservation Status

                          IUCN Red List Category

                          Least Concern
                          Least Concern
                          Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1 Year Assessed: 2010 Assessor/s: Zhuang, X. Reviewer/s: Juffe Bignoli, D., Bounphanmy, S. & Homsombath, K. Justification: This is a widespread species. No major threats have been reported. It is listed as Least Concern. Conservation Actions: No conservation measures are in place.
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                            Threats
                            Major Threat (s): No threats have been reported.
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                              📚 Uses and Management
                              No Data
                              📚 Information Listing
                              References
                              1. Potamogeton indicus Roxb., Fl. India 1: 471. 1820, non Roth ex Roem. & Schultes, 1818; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 565. 1893; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1600(1116). 1931.
                              2. Potamogeton nodosus Poir., Encyc. Suppl. 4: 535. 1818.
                              1. Zhuang, X. 2010. Potamogeton nodosus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 October 2011
                              2. http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes/threats-classification-scheme
                              3. http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes/habitats-classification-scheme-ver3
                              4. http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes/conservation-actions-classification-scheme-ver2
                              8. Citation: Zhuang, X. 2010. Potamogeton nodosus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 October 2011
                              9. Duke, J.A. 2010. Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases. Available at: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/duke/ethnobot.pl. (Accessed: 20 January).; IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.1). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 16 June 2011).; Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO and Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. 2010. eFloras. Available at: http://www.efloras.org.; Santisuk, T. and Larsen, K. (eds). 2001. Flora of Thailand - Volume 7 Part 3. Flora of Thailand, pp. 351-654. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department, Bangkok.; The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2010. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Available at: http://www.kew.org/wcsp/.; USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. 2010. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available at: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/index.pl.; Wu, Z.Y., Raven, P.H. and Hong, D.Y. (eds). 2010. Flora of China. Science Press and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing and St. Louis.
                              10. Duke, J.A. 2010. Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases. Available at: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/duke/ethnobot.pl. (Accessed: 20 January).; IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.1). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 16 June 2011).; Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO and Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. 2010. eFloras. Available at: http://www.efloras.org.; Santisuk, T. and Larsen, K. (eds). 2001. Flora of Thailand - Volume 7 Part 3. Flora of Thailand, pp. 351-654. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department, Bangkok.; The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2010. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Available at: http://www.kew.org/wcsp/.; USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. 2010. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available at: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/index.pl.; Wu, Z.Y., Raven, P.H. and Hong, D.Y. (eds). 2010. Flora of China. Science Press and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing and St. Louis.
                              14. Zhuang, X. 2010. Potamogeton nodosus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 October 2011
                              Information Listing > References
                              1. Potamogeton indicus Roxb., Fl. India 1: 471. 1820, non Roth ex Roem. & Schultes, 1818; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 565. 1893; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1600(1116). 1931.
                              2. Potamogeton nodosus Poir., Encyc. Suppl. 4: 535. 1818.
                              3. Zhuang, X. 2010. Potamogeton nodosus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 October 2011
                              4. http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes/threats-classification-scheme
                              5. http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes/habitats-classification-scheme-ver3
                              6. http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes/conservation-actions-classification-scheme-ver2
                              10. Citation: Zhuang, X. 2010. Potamogeton nodosus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 October 2011
                              11. Duke, J.A. 2010. Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases. Available at: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/duke/ethnobot.pl. (Accessed: 20 January).; IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.1). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 16 June 2011).; Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO and Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. 2010. eFloras. Available at: http://www.efloras.org.; Santisuk, T. and Larsen, K. (eds). 2001. Flora of Thailand - Volume 7 Part 3. Flora of Thailand, pp. 351-654. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department, Bangkok.; The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2010. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Available at: http://www.kew.org/wcsp/.; USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. 2010. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available at: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/index.pl.; Wu, Z.Y., Raven, P.H. and Hong, D.Y. (eds). 2010. Flora of China. Science Press and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing and St. Louis.
                              12. Duke, J.A. 2010. Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases. Available at: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/duke/ethnobot.pl. (Accessed: 20 January).; IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.1). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 16 June 2011).; Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO and Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. 2010. eFloras. Available at: http://www.efloras.org.; Santisuk, T. and Larsen, K. (eds). 2001. Flora of Thailand - Volume 7 Part 3. Flora of Thailand, pp. 351-654. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department, Bangkok.; The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2010. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Available at: http://www.kew.org/wcsp/.; USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. 2010. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available at: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/index.pl.; Wu, Z.Y., Raven, P.H. and Hong, D.Y. (eds). 2010. Flora of China. Science Press and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing and St. Louis.
                              16. Zhuang, X. 2010. Potamogeton nodosus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 October 2011

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                              📚 Meta data
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                              🐾 Taxonomy
                              RootRoot
                              KingdomPlantae
                              PhylumTracheophyta
                              ClassLiliopsida
                              OrderAlismatales
                              FamilyPotamogetonaceae
                              GenusPotamogeton
                              SpeciesPotamogeton nodosus Poir.
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