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Internal ID UUID64402690958d4297290415
Scientific name Potamogeton gramineus
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 127 (1753)

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Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Potamogeton argutulus Hagstr. Bot. Not. 1908: 106 (1908)
Potamogeton latifolius Sloboda Rostlinnictví : 229 (1852)
Potamogeton biformoides Papch. Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 82(12): 69 (1997)
Spirillus heterophyllus Nieuwl. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 17 (1913)
Spirillus lonchites Nieuwl. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 16 (1913)
Potamogeton varians Morong J. Bot. 27: 33, pl. 287. 1889
Potamogeton gramineus var. parvifolius Farw. Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 17: 182 (1916)
Potamogeton gramineus var. minimus Graebn. Pflanzenr. , IV, 11: 88 (1907)
Potamogeton gramineus var. maximus Morong J. Bot. 19: 241. 1881 [Aug 1881]
Potamogeton gramineus var. longipedunculatus Farw. Rep. (Annual) Commiss. Parks Boulevards Detroit 11: 43 (1900)
Potamogeton gramineus var. lacustris Farw. Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 17: 182 (1916)
Potamogeton gramineus f. myriophyllus (J.W.Robbins) House Bull. New York State Mus. Nat. Hist. 254: 54 (1924)
Potamogeton gramineus var. wolfgangii Hagstr. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl. , n.s., 55(5): 206 (1916)
Potamogeton gramineus f. longipedunculatus (Mérat) House Bull. New York State Mus. Nat. Hist. 254: 53 (1924)
Potamogeton gramineus f. terrestris (Schltr.) D.S.Carp. Fl. Vermont , ed. 3: 25 (1937)
Potamogeton heterophyllus var. graminifolius S.Watson & J.M.Coult. Manual , ed. 6: 561 (1890)
Potamogeton heterophyllus f. minimus Morong Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 3: 25 (1893)
Potamogeton heterophyllus f. maximus (Morong) Morong Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 3: 25 (1893)
Potamogeton heterophyllus f. longipedunculatus Morong Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 3: 24 (1893)
Potamogeton heterophyllus f. graminifolius Morong Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 3(2): 24 (1893)
Potamogeton heterophyllus f. myriophyllus (J.W.Robbins) Morong Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 3: 24 (1893)
Potamogeton gramineus var. myriophyllus J.W.Robbins Manual , ed. 5: 487 (1867)
Potamogeton augustani Bellardi Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. (Turin) 10-11: 448 (1803)
Potamogeton augustanus Balb. Misc. Bot. : 14 (1803)
Potamogeton crassipes Kit. ex Cham. & Schltdl. Linnaea 2: 204 (1827)
Potamogeton delicatulus Bertol. Misc. Bot. 15: 17 (1854)
Potamogeton distachyus Bellardi Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. (Turin) 10-11: 447 (1803)
Potamogeton falcatus Fryer J. Bot. 27: 65 (1889)
Potamogeton gracilis Wolfg. Mant. 3: 355 (1827)
Potamogeton graminifolius Benkö Transs. i. 123.
Potamogeton heterophyllus Schreb. Spic. Fl. Lips. : 21 (1771)
Potamogeton hybridus Petagna Inst. Bot. ii. 289; Thuill. Fl. Par. ed. II. 86. 1787
Potamogeton lanciformis Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 3: 512 (1818)
Potamogeton lonchites Tuck. Amer. J. Sci. Arts , ser. 2, 6: 226 (1848)
Potamogeton longipedunculatus Mérat Rev. Fl. Par. 494.
Potamogeton oblongifolius Hook.f. Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 2: 742 (1867)
Potamogeton palustris Teesd. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 5: 43 (1800)
Potamogeton paucifolius Opiz Flora 4: 266 (1822)
Potamogeton seemenii Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 1: 335 (1897)
Potamogeton spathaeformis Tuck. ex A.Gray Manual , ed. 5: 487 (1867)
Potamogeton wolfgangii Kihlm. Herb. Pl. Mus. Fenn. , ed. 2, 1: 128 (1889)
Potamogeton gramineus var. heterophyllus (Schreb.) Fr. Novit. Fl. Svec. ed. 2: 36. 1828
Potamogeton heterophyllus var. terrestris Schltdl. Fl. Berol. 1: 116 1823
Potamogeton gramineus var. graminifolius Fr. Novit. Fl. Svec. , ed. 2: 36 (1828)
Potamogeton gramineus subsp. wolfgangii (Kihlm.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. Suppl. 2: 287. 1890 (1890)
Potamogeton gramineus subsp. heterophyllus (Schreb.) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 13. 1890 (1890)
Potamogeton heterophyllus var. major Morong Pflanzenr. IV, 11: 88. 1907
Potamogeton argutulus f. puyensis Hagstr. Bot. Not. 1908: 107 1908
Potamogeton gramineus f. maximus (Morong) House Bull. New York State Mus. Nat. Hist. 254: 54 (1924)
Potamogeton gramineus subsp. heterophyllus Schinz & R.Keller
Potamogeton hybridus Petagna Inst. Bot. 2: 289 (1787)
Potamogeton gramineus var. typicus Ogden Rhodora 45: 143 (1943)
Potamogeton gramineus f. maximus (Morong) House Bull. New York State Mus. Nat. Hist. 254: 54 (1924)
Potamogeton borealis Kihlm. Bot. Not. 1887: 84 (1887)
Potamogeton heterophyllus Torr. Comp. Fl. N. Middle Stat. : 88 (1826)
Potamogeton lanceolatus Poir. Encycl. , Suppl. 4: 536 (1816)
Potamogeton gramineus var. lacustris Fr. Novit. Fl. Suec. Alt. : 37 (1828)
Potamogeton heterophyllus var. paucifolius (Opiz) Mert. & W.D.J.Koch Deutschl. Fl. , ed. 3, 1: 844 (1823)
Potamogeton heterophyllus var. foliosus Mert. & W.D.J.Koch Deutschl. Fl. , ed. 3, 1: 844 (1823)
Potamogeton gramineus var. stagnalis Fr. Novit. Fl. Suec. Alt. : 38 (1828)
Potamogeton gramineus var. riparius Fr. Novit. Fl. Suec. Alt. : 38 (1828)
Potamogeton heterophyllus var. elongatus Mert. & W.D.J.Koch Deutschl. Fl. , ed. 3, 1: 845 (1823)
Potamogeton heterophyllus var. latifolius Mert. & W.D.J.Koch Deutschl. Fl. , ed. 3, 1: 845 (1823)
Potamogeton varians Morong ex Fryer J. Bot. 25: 308 (1887)
Potamogeton zizii f. elongatus (Mert. & W.D.J.Koch) Rchb. Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 7: 24 (1845)
Potamogeton heterophyllus f. gramineus (L.) Rchb. Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 7: 24 (1845)
Potamogeton proteus unranked heterophyllus (Schreb.) Cham. & Schltdl. Linnaea 2: 202 (1827)
Potamogeton zizii var. elongatus (Mert. & W.D.J.Koch) Fieber Oekon.-Techn. Fl. Böhm. 2(1): 264 (1838)
Potamogeton gramineus var. terrestris Fr. Novit. Fl. Suec. Alt. : 38 (1828)
Potamogeton gramineus f. marinus Tiselius Potamog. Suec. Exs. 3: n.° 137 (1897)
Potamogeton gramineus f. ovatifolius Tiselius Potamog. Suec. Exs. 3: n.° 138 (1897)
Potamogeton gramineus var. fluviatilis Fr. Novit. Fl. Suec. Alt. : 37 (1828)
Potamogeton gramineus var. hybridus (Petagna) Asch. Fl. Brandenburg 1: 661 (1864)
Potamogeton gramineus var. stenophyllus G.Mey. Chloris Han. : 520 (1836)
Potamogeton gramineus var. nigrescens (Fr.) Hagstr. Sver. Fl. : 796 (1901)
Potamogeton gramineus f. sinuensis Tiselius Potamog. Suec. Exs. 1: n.° 21 (1894)
Potamogeton gramineus f. jemtlandicus Tiselius Potamog. Suec. Exs. 1: n.° 23 (1894)
Potamogeton gramineus f. angermanicus Tiselius Potamog. Suec. Exs. 1: n.° 24 (1894)
Potamogeton gramineus f. angustifolius Tiselius ex Hagstr. Sver. Fl. : 796 (1901)
Potamogeton heterophyllus var. fluctuans Tiselius ex Fryer J. Bot. 28: 174 (1890)
Potamogeton gramineus var. fluctuans (Tiselius ex Fryer) Tiselius Potamog. Suec. Exs. 1: n.° 28-29, notulae p. 5 (1894)
Potamogeton gramineus var. septentrionalis Tiselius Potamog. Suec. Exs. 1: n.° 30-32, notulae p. 5 (1894)
Potamogeton gramineus var. debilis Tiselius Potamog. Suec. Exs. 1: n.° 33 (1894)
Potamogeton nitens var. merloensis Tiselius Potamog. Suec. Exs. 1: n.° 50 (1894)
Potamogeton gramineus var. boreale Laest. Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 1824: 162 (1824)
Potamogeton gramineus var. curvifolius Laest. Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 1824: 162 (1824)
Potamogeton gramineus subvar. marinus (Tiselius) Graebn. Pflanzenr. 31: 86 (1907)
Potamogeton gramineus f. stagnalis (Fr.) Hagstr. Skand. Fl. 1: 96 (1916)
Potamogeton gramineus f. wolfgangii (Kihlm.) Hagstr. Sver. Fl. : 796 (1901)
Potamogeton gramineus subvar. sinuensis Tiselis ex Graebn. Pflanzenr. 31: 88 (1907)
Potamogeton gramineus subvar. jemtlandicus Tiselius ex Graebn. Pflanzenr. 31: 87 (1907)
Potamogeton gramineus subvar. angermanicus Tiselius ex Graebn. Pflanzenr. 31: 87 (1907)
Potamogeton gramineus subvar. angustifolius (Tiselius ex Hagstr.) Graebn. Pflanzenr. 31: 86 (1907)
Potamogeton gramineus f. fluctuans (Tiselius ex Fryer) Hagstr. Sver. Fl. : 796 (1901)
Potamogeton gramineus f. septentrionalis (Tiselius) Hagstr. Sver. Fl. : 796 (1901)
Potamogeton gramineus subvar. septentrionalis (Tiselius) Graebn. Pflanzenr. 31: 86 (1907)
Potamogeton nitens f. merloensis (Tiselius) Hagstr. Sver. Fl. : 797 (1901)
Potamogeton heterophyllus var. gramineus (L.) Rchb. Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 7: 24 (1845)

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Language Common/alternative name
English grass-leaved pondweed
English various-leaved pondweed
English variableleaf pondweed
Belarusian рдзест злакалісты
Belarusian урэчнік злакалісты
Belarusian Урэчнік разналісты
Bulgarian треволистен ръждавец
Catalan potamot graminée
Czech rdest trávolistý
German gras-laichkraut
German potamot graminée
German grasartiges laichkraut
Estonian hein-penikeel
Persian بارهنگ آبی چمنی
Finnish heinävita
French potamot graminée
Lithuanian potamot graminée
Latvian zālainā glīvene
Dutch ongelijkbladig fonteinkruid
Polish rdestnica trawiasta
Romanian broscăriță
Russian Рдест Вольфганга
Russian Рдест злаковидный
Russian Рдест злаколистный
Russian Рдест разнолистный
Swedish potamot graminée
Ukrainian рдесник злаколистий
Chinese 禾葉眼子菜
Chinese 禾叶眼子菜

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- Native
  • Asia-temperate
    • Caucasus
      • North Caucasus
      • Transcaucasus
    • China
      • China North-central
      • China South-central
      • Inner Mongolia
      • Manchuria
      • Tibet
      • Xinjiang
    • Eastern Asia
      • Japan
      • Korea
    • Middle Asia
      • Kazakhstan
      • Tadzhikistan
      • Uzbekistan
    • Mongolia
      • Mongolia
    • Russian Far East
      • Amur
      • Kamchatka
      • Khabarovsk
      • Kuril Islands
      • Magadan
      • Primorye
      • Sakhalin
    • Siberia
      • Altay
      • Buryatiya
      • Chita
      • Irkutsk
      • Krasnoyarsk
      • Tuva
      • West Siberia
      • Yakutskiya
    • Western Asia
      • Iran
      • Turkey
  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Baltic States
      • Belarus
      • Central European Russia
      • East European Russia
      • Krym
      • North European Russia
      • Northwest European Russia
      • South European Russia
      • Ukraine
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
      • Belgium
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Germany
      • Hungary
      • Netherlands
      • Poland
      • Switzerland
    • Northern Europe
      • Denmark
      • Finland
      • Føroyar
      • Great Britain
      • Iceland
      • Ireland
      • Norway
      • Sweden
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Bulgaria
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Romania
      • Sicilia
      • Turkey-in-Europe
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Corse
      • France
      • Portugal
      • Sardegna
      • Spain
  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • Labrador
      • New Brunswick
      • Newfoundland
      • Nova Scotia
      • Ontario
      • Prince Edward Island
      • Québec
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
      • Iowa
      • Kansas
      • Minnesota
      • Nebraska
      • North Dakota
      • South Dakota
      • Wisconsin
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Connecticut
      • Indiana
      • Maine
      • Massachusetts
      • Michigan
      • New Hampshire
      • New Jersey
      • New York
      • Ohio
      • Pennsylvania
      • Rhode Island
      • Vermont
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Colorado
      • Idaho
      • Montana
      • Oregon
      • Washington
      • Wyoming
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • New Mexico
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Maryland
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • Arizona
      • California
      • Nevada
      • Utah
    • Subarctic America
      • Alaska
      • Greenland
      • Northwest Territorie
      • Nunavut
      • Yukon
    • Western Canada
      • Alberta
      • British Columbia
      • Manitoba
      • Saskatchewan

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000769833
Canadensys 8301
USDA Plants POGR8
Tropicos 26300094
INPN 115258
Flora of Italy 6710
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:323120-2
The Plant List kew-308578
Open Tree Of Life 242991
Observations.org 2691
NCBI Taxonomy 55319
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000002131
Nature Serve 2.142488
IUCN Red List 167904
IPNI 323120-2
iNaturalist 78710
GBIF 5301183
Freebase /m/0bmbp7q
WisFlora 4623
EPPO PTMGR
EOL 1115958
Elurikkus 6526
Calflora (Californian flora) 6813
USDA GRIN 406383
Wikipedia Potamogeton_gramineus

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

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Comparative Plastid Genome and Phylogenomic Analyses of Potamogeton Species Choi K, Hwang Y, Hong JK, Kang JS Genes (Basel) 07-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10606940
doi:10.3390/genes14101914
PMID:37895263
Evolutionary history and patterns of geographical variation, fertility, and hybridization in Stuckenia (Potamogetonaceae) Fehrer J, Nagy Nejedlá M, Hellquist CB, Bobrov AA, Kaplan Z Front Plant Sci 03-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9670304
doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.1042517
PMID:36407593
The Macrophyte Indices for Rivers to Assess the Ecological Conditions in the Klina River in the Republic of Kosovo Bytyçi P, Shala-Abazi A, Zhushi-Etemi F, Bonifazi G, Hyseni-Spahiu M, Fetoshi O, Çadraku H, Feka F, Millaku F Plants (Basel) 30-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9183134
doi:10.3390/plants11111469
PMID:35684241
Functional macrophyte trait variation as a response to the source of inorganic carbon acquisition Chmara R, Pronin E, Szmeja J PeerJ 01-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8643105
doi:10.7717/peerj.12584
PMID:34917426
The Discovery of the Rare Chara baueri (Charales, Charophyceae) in Serbia Trbojević I, Milovanović V, Subakov Simić G Plants (Basel) 19-Nov-2020
PMCID:PMC7699172
doi:10.3390/plants9111606
PMID:33227900
Species identity and diversity effects on invasion resistance of tropical freshwater plant communities Petruzzella A, da S. S. R. Rodrigues TA, van Leeuwen CH, de Assis Esteves F, Figueiredo-Barros MP, Bakker ES Sci Rep 27-Mar-2020
PMCID:PMC7101304
doi:10.1038/s41598-020-62660-1
PMID:32221401
Seed germination traits shape community assembly along a hydroperiod gradient Rosbakh S, Phartyal SS, Poschlod P Ann Bot 17-Aug-2019
PMCID:PMC6948216
doi:10.1093/aob/mcz139
PMID:31420645
Macrophyte assessment in European lakes: Diverse approaches but convergent views of ‘good’ ecological status Poikane S, Portielje R, Denys L, Elferts D, Kelly M, Kolada A, Mäemets H, Phillips G, Søndergaard M, Willby N, van den Berg MS Ecol Indic 01-Nov-2018
PMCID:PMC6125824
doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.06.056
PMID:30393465
Environmental Characteristics and Anthropogenic Impact Jointly Modify Aquatic Macrophyte Species Diversity Elo M, Alahuhta J, Kanninen A, Meissner KK, Seppälä K, Mönkkönen M Front Plant Sci 10-Aug-2018
PMCID:PMC6097017
doi:10.3389/fpls.2018.01001
PMID:30147702
The Dangers of Being a Small, Oligotrophic and Light Demanding Freshwater Plant across a Spatial and Historical Eutrophication Gradient in Southern Scandinavia Sand-Jensen K, Bruun HH, Nielsen TF, Christiansen DM, Hartvig P, Schou JC, Baastrup-Spohr L Front Plant Sci 02-Feb-2018
PMCID:PMC5801560
doi:10.3389/fpls.2018.00066
PMID:29456545
Vascular plant biodiversity of the lower Coppermine River valley and vicinity (Nunavut, Canada): an annotated checklist of an Arctic flora Saarela JM, Sokoloff PC, Bull RD PeerJ 31-Jan-2017
PMCID:PMC5300018
doi:10.7717/peerj.2835
PMID:28194307
Plant trait characteristics vary with size and eutrophication in European lowland streams Baattrup‐Pedersen A, Göthe E, Larsen SE, O'Hare M, Birk S, Riis T, Friberg N J Appl Ecol 21-Aug-2015
PMCID:PMC7166906
doi:10.1111/1365-2664.12509
PMID:32336776
Multi-Elements in Waters and Sediments of Shallow Lakes: Relationships with Water, Sediment, and Watershed Characteristics Kissoon LT, Jacob DL, Hanson MA, Herwig BR, Bowe SE, Otte ML 09-Feb-2015
PMCID:PMC4460834
doi:10.1007/s13157-015-0632-8
PMID:26074657
Macrophytes in shallow lakes: relationships with water, sediment and watershed characteristics Kissoon LT, Jacob DL, Hanson MA, Herwig BR, Bowe SE, Otte ML 20-Apr-2013
PMCID:PMC3752979
doi:10.1016/j.aquabot.2013.04.001
PMID:23997402
Molecular Evidence for a Natural Primary Triple Hybrid in Plants Revealed from Direct Sequencing Kaplan Z, Fehrer J Ann Bot 03-May-2007
PMCID:PMC3243585
doi:10.1093/aob/mcm072
PMID:17478544

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