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Internal ID UUID6440269192b6f135983358
Scientific name Potamogeton lucens
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 126 (1753)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Potamogeton teganumensis Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 122 (1912)
Potamogeton sinicus Migo J. Shanghai Sci. Inst. Sect. 3. iii. 1 (1934).
Potamogeton lindenbergii Lehm. ex Graebn. Pflanzenr. IV, 11: 81. 1907 (1907)
Potamogeton lucens subsp. sinicus (Migo) H.Hara J. Jap. Bot. 60: 238 (1985)
Spirillus lucens Nieuwl. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 17 (1913)
Spirillus zizii (Mert. & W.D.J.Koch) Nieuwl. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 17 (1913)
Potamogeton lucens f. longifolius (Gay) Cham. & Schltdl. Linnaea 2 1827
Potamogeton lucens var. longifolius (Gay) A.Benn. Journal of Botany 25 1887
Potamogeton zizii f. pulcherrimus Hagstr. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl. n.s., 55(5): 214 1916
Buccaferrea lucida Bubani Fl. Pyren. 4: 13 (1901)
Potamogeton acuminatus Schumach. Enum. Pl. 1: 49 (1801)
Potamogeton americanus Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 3: 509 (1818)
Potamogeton angustifolius Bercht. & J.Presl ex Opiz Böhm. Phan. Crypt. Gew. : 23 (1823)
Potamogeton caudatus Seidl ex Opiz Böhm. Phan. Crypt. Gew. : 23 (1823)
Potamogeton coriaceus Fryer J. Bot. 27: 8 (1889)
Potamogeton corniculatus Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 632 (1866)
Potamogeton cornutus J.Presl & C.Presl Fl. Cech. : 37 (1819)
Potamogeton gaudichaudii Cham. & Schltdl. Linnaea 2: 197 (1827)
Potamogeton longifolius J.Gay ex Poir. Encycl. , Suppl. 4: 535 (1816)
Potamogeton lucidus Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 68 (1796)
Potamogeton macrophyllus Wolfg. ex Schult. Mant. 3: 358. 1827 [Jul-Dec 1827]
Potamogeton proteus Cham. & Schltdl. Linnaea 2: 196 (1827)
Potamogeton volhynicus Besser ex Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 3: 509 (1818)
Potamogeton zizii Mert. & W.D.J.Koch Deutschl. Fl. , ed. 3, 1: 845 (1823)
Potamogeton lucens var. acuminatus (Schumach.) Fr. Novit. Fl. Svec. 46. 1817
Potamogeton lucens var. coriaceus Nolte ex Mert. & W.D.J.Koch Deutschl. Fl. 1: 850 1823
Potamogeton lucens var. teganumensis Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 19: 142. 1905
Potamogeton lucens subsp. macrophyllus (Wolfg.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 682. 1882 (1882)
Potamogeton lucens subsp. zizii (Mert. & W.D.J.Koch) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 682. 1882 (1882)
Potamogeton lucens var. fluitans Coss. & Germ. Fl. Descr. Anal. Paris 571. 1845
Potamogeton gramineus subsp. zizii (Mert. & W.D.J.Koch) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 13. 1890 (1890)
Potamogeton lucens subsp. vaginans Bojer ex A.Benn. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 9: 94. 1905 (1905)
Potamogeton lucens var. zizii (Koch ex Roth) Asch. Fl. Brandenburg 1: 660 1864
Potamogeton pseudolongifolius Papch. Veg. Watercourses Middle-Povolzhya 63. 2001 (2001)
Potamogeton vaginans (Bojer ex A.Benn.) Hagstr. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.s. 55(5): 280 1916
Potamogeton lanceolatus Eichw. Skizze : 126 (1830)
Potamogeton nitens Willd. ex Cham. & Schltdl. Linnaea 2: 202 (1827)
Potamogeton rotundifolius Schultz Prodr. Fl. Starg. Suppl. 1: 9 (1819)
Potamogeton zizii Koch ex Roth Enum. Pl. Phaen. Germ. 1(1): 531 (1827)
Potamogeton lucens var. rotundifolius Klett & Richt. Fl. Leipzig : 160 (1830)
Potamogeton lucens var. ovalifolius Mert. & W.D.J.Koch Deutschl. Fl. , ed. 3, 1: 849 (1823)
Potamogeton lucens var. lancifolius Mert. & W.D.J.Koch Deutschl. Fl. , ed. 3, 1: 849 (1823)
Potamogeton lucens var. nudus Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 34 (1821 publ. 1822)
Potamogeton zizii var. validus Fieber Oekon.-Techn. Fl. Böhm. 2(1): 263 (1838)
Potamogeton lucens var. diversifolius Mert. & W.D.J.Koch Deutschl. Fl. , ed. 3, 1: 849 (1823)
Potamogeton lucens var. cornutus Klett & Richt. Fl. Leipzig : 160 (1830)
Potamogeton lucens var. angustifolius Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 34 (1821 publ. 1822)
Potamogeton lucens var. longifolius (J.Gay ex Poir.) Crép. Notes Pl. Rar. Belgique 3: 27 (1863)
Potamogeton proteus unranked lucens (L.) Cham. & Schltdl. Linnaea 2: 197 (1827)
Potamogeton proteus unranked zizii (Mert. & W.D.J.Koch) Cham. & Schltdl. Linnaea 2: 201 (1827)
Potamogeton lucens var. longifolius DC. Fl. Franç. , éd. 3, 6: 311 (1815)
Potamogeton lucens f. ovalifolius (Mert. & W.D.J.Koch) Rchb. Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 7: 23 (1845)
Potamogeton lucens f. lancifolius (Mert. & W.D.J.Koch) Rchb. Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 7: 23 (1845)
Potamogeton lucens f. acuminatus (Schumach.) Rchb. Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 7: 23 (1845)
Potamogeton zizii f. validus Rchb.
Potamogeton lucens subsp. longifolius (Poir.) Magnin Bull. Soc. Bot. France 43: 440 (1897)
Potamogeton lucens var. corniculatus G.Mey. Chloris Han. : 522 (1836)
Potamogeton lucens var. fluviatilis Thore Essai Chloris : 43 (1803)
Potamogeton lucens f. excelsus Hagstr. Sver. Fl. : 797 (1901)
Potamogeton lucens f. insignis Tiselius Potamog. Suec. Exs. 2: n.° 56 (1895)
Potamogeton lucens var. mucronatus Corb. Nouv. Fl. Normandie : 542 (1894)
Potamogeton lucens f. macrophyllus (Wolfg.) Hagstr. Sver. Fl. : 797 (1901)
Potamogeton lucens subvar. insignis (Tiselius) Graebn. Pflanzenr. 31: 78 (1907)
Potamogeton lucens var. insignis (Tiselius) Druce List Br. Pl. , ed. 2: 117 (1928)

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Language Common/alternative name
English shining pondweed
Arabic لسان النهر لامع
Arabic قريب النهر ناصع
Arabic جار النهر بهي
Belarusian Урэчнік бліскучы
Bulgarian блестящ ръждавец
Czech rdest světlý
Welsh dyfrllys disglair
Danish glinsende vandaks
German glänzendes laichkraut
German spiegelndes laichkraut
Estonian läik-penikeel
Persian بارهنگ آبی درخشان
Finnish välkevita
French potamot luisant
French potamot à feuilles luisantes
Upper Sorbian swěćata dróstnica
Lithuanian blizgančioji plūdė
Latvian spožā glīvene
Norwegian Bokmål blanktjønnaks
Dutch glanzig fonteinkruid
Norwegian Nynorsk blanktjønnaks
Polish rdestnica połyskująca
Romanian broscăriță lucioasă
Romanian broasca apei
Russian Рдест блестящий
Swedish grovnate
Chinese 光叶眼子菜
Chinese 光葉眼子菜

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Uganda
    • Macaronesia
      • Azores
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad
      • Eritrea
      • Ethiopia
      • Somalia
      • Sudan
    • Northern Africa
      • Algeria
      • Egypt
      • Libya
      • Morocco
      • Tunisia
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Madagascar
  • Asia-temperate
    • Arabian Peninsula
      • Gulf States
    • Caucasus
      • North Caucasus
      • Transcaucasus
    • China
      • China North-central
      • China South-central
      • China Southeast
      • Inner Mongolia
      • Manchuria
      • Qinghai
      • Tibet
      • Xinjiang
    • Middle Asia
      • Kazakhstan
      • Kirgizstan
      • Tadzhikistan
      • Turkmenistan
      • Uzbekistan
    • Mongolia
      • Mongolia
    • Russian Far East
      • Amur
    • Siberia
      • Altay
      • Buryatiya
      • Chita
      • Irkutsk
      • Krasnoyarsk
      • Tuva
      • West Siberia
      • Yakutskiya
    • Western Asia
      • Afghanistan
      • Iran
      • Iraq
      • Lebanon-Syria
      • Palestine
      • Turkey
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Assam
      • India
      • Nepal
      • Pakistan
      • West Himalaya
    • Indo-China
      • Myanmar
    • Malesia
      • Philippines
  • 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
      • Great Britain
      • Ireland
      • Norway
      • Sweden
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Bulgaria
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Kriti
      • Romania
      • Sicilia
      • Turkey-in-Europe
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Baleares
      • Corse
      • France
      • Portugal
      • Sardegna
      • Spain

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000769883
Tropicos 26300069
INPN 115270
Flora of Italy 6709
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:208858-2
The Plant List kew-308622
Open Tree Of Life 326160
Observations.org 7238
NCBI Taxonomy 189327
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000002130
IUCN Red List 164038
IPNI 208858-2
iNaturalist 283890
GBIF 5301141
Freebase /m/09gldbc
EPPO PTMLU
EOL 5900641
Elurikkus 6527
USDA GRIN 417553
Wikipedia Potamogeton_lucens
Plantarium 29799

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Accession Assembly
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GCA_965644075.1 laPotLuce1.hap1.1 Chromosome WELLCOME SANGER INSTITUTE 2025-07-27 84 629.61 Mb

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Analysis of diversity and function of epiphytic bacterial communities associated with macrophytes using a metagenomic approach Wang X, Liu Y, Qing C, Zeng J, Dong J, Xia P Microb Ecol 29-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10824801
doi:10.1007/s00248-024-02346-7
PMID:38286834
Minor effect of wind exposure and littoral slope on macrophyte characteristics in non-impacted lowland lakes of Poland Kolada A, Kutyła S, Bielczyńska A Front Plant Sci 09-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10803623
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1307453
PMID:38264028
The Silent Threat: Exploring the Ecological and Ecotoxicological Impacts of Chlorinated Aniline Derivatives and the Metabolites on the Aquatic Ecosystem Rebelo D, Antunes SC, Rodrigues S J Xenobiot 01-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10594489
doi:10.3390/jox13040038
PMID:37873815
The use of the primary structure of the ITS1–ITS2 region for species identification in some submerged aquatic macrophytes of the genus Stuckenia Mglinets AV, Kosterin ОE Vavilovskii Zhurnal Genet Selektsii 01-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10090118
doi:10.18699/VJGB-23-21
PMID:37063516
The influence of macrophyte ecological groups on food web components of temperate freshwater lakes Karus K, Zagars M, Agasild H, Tuvikene A, Zingel P, Puncule L, Medne-Peipere M, Feldmann T Aquat Bot 01-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC9595120
doi:10.1016/j.aquabot.2022.103571
PMID:36466371
NMR-Based Chromatography Readouts: Indispensable Tools to “Translate” Analytical Features into Molecular Structures Seger C, Sturm S Cells 07-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9658744
doi:10.3390/cells11213526
PMID:36359922
Reproductive Traits Demonstrate How Well the Mediterranean Stripe-Necked Turtle Mauremys leprosa Can Flourish under Highly Degraded–Polluted Conditions Gahmous SA, Tiar G, Tiar-Saadi M, Bouslama Z, Široký P Biology (Basel) 25-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9687224
doi:10.3390/biology11111562
PMID:36358263
Removal of Anionic and Cationic Dyes Present in Solution Using Biomass of Eichhornia crassipes as Bioadsorbent López-Ahumada E, Salazar-Hernández M, Talavera-López A, Solis-Marcial OJ, Hernández-Soto R, Ruelas-Leyva JP, Hernández JA Molecules 29-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9571632
doi:10.3390/molecules27196442
PMID:36234979
Micron-Scale Biogeography of Seawater Biofilm Colonies at Submersed Solid Substrata Affected by Organic Matter and Microbiome Transformation in the Baltic Sea Grzegorczyk M, Pogorzelski S, Janowicz P, Boniewicz-Szmyt K, Rochowski P Materials (Basel) 13-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9501339
doi:10.3390/ma15186351
PMID:36143678
The Above-Ground Part of Submerged Macrophytes Plays an Important Role in Ammonium Utilization Xian L, Ochieng WA, Muthui SW, Otieno DO, Yu S, Li W, Yan X, Yu Q, Liu F Front Plant Sci 06-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9207443
doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.865578
PMID:35734251
Long-Term Changes in Macrophyte Distribution and Abundance in a Lowland River Peternel A, Gaberščik A, Zelnik I, Holcar M, Germ M Plants (Basel) 31-Jan-2022
PMCID:PMC8840756
doi:10.3390/plants11030401
PMID:35161382
Seasonality and Species Specificity of Submerged Macrophyte Biomass in Shallow Lakes Under the Influence of Climate Warming and Eutrophication Wu H, Hao B, Jo H, Cai Y Front Plant Sci 01-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8517270
doi:10.3389/fpls.2021.678259
PMID:34659276
Methyl jasmonate elicits distinctive hydrolyzable tannin, flavonoid, and phyto-oxylipin responses in pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) leaves Chang L, Wu S, Tian L Planta 29-Sep-2021
PMCID:PMC8481150
doi:10.1007/s00425-021-03735-9
PMID:34586513
Culture-Based and Culture-Independent Assessments of Endophytic Fungal Diversity in Aquatic Plants in Southwest China Zheng H, Qiao M, Xu J, Yu Z Front Fungal Biol 27-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC10512276
doi:10.3389/ffunb.2021.692549
PMID:37744110
Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms (natural or carbonized) as biosorbent to remove pollutants in water Lima HD, Asencios YJ SN Appl Sci 23-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8300990
doi:10.1007/s42452-021-04736-9
PMID:34337324

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