Zannichellia palustris

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Scientific name Zannichellia palustris
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 969 (1753)

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Common products:
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Industrial and craft applications:
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Food and beverages (non-medicinal):
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Colorants and tanning:
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Wood and fiber:
*None verified. This herbaceous, submerged aquatic plant does not produce wood, bark, or bast fibers of commercial utility.

Fragrance and cosmetics:
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Properties relevant to use:
*Adaptations to submerged aquatic habitats (e.g., linear, flexible leaves, specialized cellular structure for buoyancy) are documented and relevant solely to its role as a model organism.

Standards and regulation:
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Scientific/model-organism use:
Zannichellia palustris serves as a model organism in aquatic plant research. Documented uses include genetic and physiological studies of submerged angiosperm adaptations, such as pollen dispersal mechanisms (hydrophily), tolerance to anaerobic sediments, and phenotypic plasticity in response to water depth and flow. Standardized protocols for its cultivation in experimental mesocosms and field surveys are available, notably in peer-reviewed studies on aquatic ecosystem dynamics and pollution monitoring (e.g., heavy metal accumulation). Genomic and transcriptomic resources are cataloged in specialized databases (e.g., NCBI Taxonomy, aquatic plant repositories), facilitating comparative genomics and ecological genomics research. These applications are supported by its global distribution, ease of identification, and ecological relevance in shallow, brackish, and freshwater habitats.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Pelta palustris (L.) Dulac Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées : 43 (1867)
Zannichellia geniculata Gilib. Exerc. Phyt. 2: 419 (1792)
Zannichellia graminifolia Gilib. Excerc. Bot. : 31 (1782)
Zannichellia polycarpa Nolte Novit. Fl. Holsat. 75.
Zannichellia palustris var. radicans Wallman Bot. Not. 1840: 44.
Zannichellia palustris var. repens (Boenn.) W.D.J.Koch Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv. 679 1837
Zannichellia palustris var. indica (Morong) Graebn. Pflanzenr. IV, 11: 157 1907
Zannichellia palustris var. japonica Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 24: 55. 1910
Zannichellia palustris subsp. tenuis (Reut.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 684. 1882 (1882)
Zannichellia palustris var. aculeata (Schur) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 1: 364. 1897
Zannichellia palustris var. minor Schur Oesterr. Bot. Z. 20: 203. 1870
Zannichellia palustris var. stipitata W.D.J.Koch Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv. 679. 1837
Zannichellia repens var. aerea Clavaud Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 42: lxvii. 1888
Zannichellia repens var. viridis Clavaud Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 42: lxvii. 1888
Zannichellia palustris subsp. repens (Boenn.) Schübl. & G.Martens Fl. Würtemberg 579. 1834 (1834)
Zannichellia prodanii Serb. Stud. Cercet. Biol. (Bucharest), Ser. Biol. Veg. 32(1): 27. 1980 (1980)
Zannichellia palustris subsp. aculeata (Schur) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 17. 1890 (1890)
Zannichellia palustris subsp. rosenii (Wallman) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 17 1890
Zannichellia palustris subsp. polycarpa (Nolte) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 17. 1890 (1890)
Zannichellia palustris var. rosenii (Wallman) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 17 1890
Algoides palustris Lunell Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 162. 1915

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Language Common/alternative name
English horned pondweed
English horned-pondweed
Arabic زانيكلية سبخية
Belarusian занікелія балотная
Bulgarian блатна цаникелия
Czech šejdračka bahenní
Welsh llynwlyddyn corniog
German sumpf-teichfaden
Estonian harilik hanehein
Persian یال اسبی
Finnish pikkuhaura
French zannichellie des marais
Croatian žabokrijek
Croatian barska žabokrečina
Upper Sorbian bahnowa drěstka
Japanese イトクズモ
Korean 뿔말
Lithuanian pelkinė vandensargė
Norwegian Bokmål vasskrans
Dutch gesteelde zannichellia
Dutch brede zannichellia
Dutch zittende en gesteelde zannichellia
Dutch brede zannichellia en zittende zannichellia
Norwegian Nynorsk småvasskrans
Polish zamętnica błotna
Russian Занникеллия болотная
Swedish hårsärv
Swedish storsärv
Swedish småsärv
Swedish skaftsärv
Chinese 角茨藻
Chinese 角果藻
Chinese 絲葛藻

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Zannichellia palustris subsp. major (Hartm.) Ooststr. & Reichg. Fl. Neerl. 1(6): 86 (1964)
Zannichellia palustris subsp. palustris Unknown
Zannichellia palustris subsp. pedicellata (Rosén & Wahlenb.) Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 6: 568 (1892)

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Native
  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Tanzania
    • Macaronesia
      • Canary Islands
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad
      • Sudan
    • Northern Africa
      • Algeria
      • Egypt
      • Libya
      • Morocco
      • Tunisia
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana
      • Cape Provinces
      • Free State
      • Namibia
      • Northern Provinces
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Madagascar
      • Rodrigues
  • Asia-temperate
    • Arabian Peninsula
      • Gulf States
      • Oman
      • Saudi Arabia
      • Yemen
    • Caucasus
      • North Caucasus
      • Transcaucasus
    • China
      • China North-central
      • China South-central
      • China Southeast
      • Inner Mongolia
      • Manchuria
      • Qinghai
      • Tibet
      • Xinjiang
    • Eastern Asia
      • Japan
      • Korea
      • Nansei-shoto
      • Taiwan
    • Middle Asia
      • Kazakhstan
      • Kirgizstan
      • Tadzhikistan
      • Turkmenistan
      • Uzbekistan
    • Mongolia
      • Mongolia
    • Russian Far East
      • Kamchatka
      • Khabarovsk
      • Kuril Islands
      • Primorye
      • Sakhalin
    • Siberia
      • Altay
      • Buryatiya
      • Chita
      • Irkutsk
      • Krasnoyarsk
      • Tuva
      • West Siberia
    • Western Asia
      • Afghanistan
      • Cyprus
      • East Aegean Islands
      • Iran
      • Iraq
      • Lebanon-Syria
      • Palestine
      • Turkey
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Assam
      • Bangladesh
      • India
      • Nepal
      • Pakistan
      • West Himalaya
    • Indo-China
      • Myanmar
  • Australasia
    • Australia
      • New South Wales
      • South Australia
    • New Zealand
      • New Zealand North
      • New Zealand South
  • 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
      • Iceland
      • Ireland
      • Norway
      • Sweden
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Bulgaria
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Kriti
      • Romania
      • Sicilia
      • Turkey-in-Europe
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Baleares
      • Corse
      • France
      • Portugal
      • Sardegna
      • Spain
  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • New Brunswick
      • Newfoundland
      • Nova Scotia
      • Ontario
      • Prince Edward Island
      • Québec
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Northwest
      • Mexico Southwest
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
      • Iowa
      • Kansas
      • Minnesota
      • Missouri
      • Nebraska
      • North Dakota
      • Oklahoma
      • South Dakota
      • Wisconsin
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Connecticut
      • Indiana
      • Maine
      • Massachusetts
      • Michigan
      • New Hampshire
      • New Jersey
      • New York
      • Ohio
      • Pennsylvania
      • Rhode Island
      • Vermont
      • West Virginia
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Colorado
      • Idaho
      • Montana
      • Oregon
      • Washington
      • Wyoming
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • New Mexico
      • Texas
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama
      • Arkansas
      • Delaware
      • District Of Columbia
      • Florida
      • Kentucky
      • Louisiana
      • Maryland
      • Mississippi
      • North Carolina
      • Tennessee
      • Virginia
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • Arizona
      • California
      • Nevada
      • Utah
    • Subarctic America
      • Alaska
      • Nunavut
      • Yukon
    • Western Canada
      • Alberta
      • British Columbia
      • Manitoba
      • Saskatchewan
  • Southern America
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Argentina Northwest
      • Argentina South
      • Chile Central
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000770293
Florida Plant Atlas 3589
Flora of Alabama 5240
Canadensys 8344
USDA Plants ZAPA
Tropicos 26300007
INPN 130599
Flora of Italy 6732
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:603593-1
The Plant List kew-309015
PFAF Zannichellia palustris
Open Tree Of Life 814204
Observations.org 20474
NCBI Taxonomy 29654
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000002150
Nature Serve 2.147401
IUCN Red List 164133
IPNI 603593-1
iNaturalist 79546
GBIF 2756540
Freebase /m/05q5ntf
WisFlora 5450
EPPO ZAIPA
EOL 1116008
Elurikkus 8258
Calflora (Californian flora) 8379
USDA GRIN 450853
Wikipedia Zannichellia_palustris

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Ecological and phylogenetic aspects of the spring diet of three palaearctic species of swans Kouzov SA, Kravchuk AV, Koptseva EM, Gubelit YI, Zaynagutdinova EM, Abakumov EV BMC Ecol Evol 02-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10835875
doi:10.1186/s12862-024-02204-7
PMID:38302909
Patterns of Carpel Structure, Development, and Evolution in Monocots Remizowa MV, Sokoloff DD Plants (Basel) 12-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10748379
doi:10.3390/plants12244138
PMID:38140465
Distribution and co-occurrence patterns of charophytes and angiosperms in the northern Baltic Sea Herkül K, Torn K, Möller-Raid T, Martin G Sci Rep 16-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10654418
doi:10.1038/s41598-023-47176-8
PMID:37973793
Biodiversity, Ecology and Distribution of Mediterranean Charophytes in Southern Italy Bellino A, Baldantoni D Plants (Basel) 29-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10574563
doi:10.3390/plants12193434
PMID:37836174
Beyond taxonomic diversity patterns – investigating how α and β components of macrophyte functional diversity respond to environmental gradients in lotic ecosystems of Greece Stefanidis K, Oikonomou A, Dimitrellos G, Tsoukalas D, Papastergiadou E Front Plant Sci 08-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10514920
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1204383
PMID:37746009
Characterization of patterns and variability in the dynamics of outdoor aquatic mesocosms: exploring the capabilities and challenges in data supporting aquatic system models Loerracher AK, Schmidt J, Ebke P, Schmolke A, Abi-Akar F, Galic N, Ashauer R Ecotoxicology 25-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10449964
doi:10.1007/s10646-023-02685-0
PMID:37491685
The Alien Plant Species Impact in Rice Crops in Northwestern Italy Vagge I, Chiaffarelli G Plants (Basel) 17-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10223007
doi:10.3390/plants12102012
PMID:37653929
A review on arsenic in the environment: bio-accumulation, remediation, and disposal Patel KS, Pandey PK, Martín-Ramos P, Corns WT, Varol S, Bhattacharya P, Zhu Y RSC Adv 16-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10186335
doi:10.1039/d3ra02018e
PMID:37200696
The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Zannichellia palustris (Potamogetonaceae) Huang L, Xu X Mitochondrial DNA B Resour 12-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10184611
doi:10.1080/23802359.2023.2209216
PMID:37197648
The dynamic history of plastome structure across aquatic subclass Alismatidae Li ZZ, Lehtonen S, Chen JM BMC Plant Biol 04-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC9985265
doi:10.1186/s12870-023-04125-x
PMID:36869282
Environmental DNA analysis as an emerging non-destructive method for plant biodiversity monitoring: a review Banerjee P, Stewart KA, Dey G, Antognazza CM, Sharma RK, Maity JP, Saha S, Doi H, de Vere N, Chan MW, Lin PY, Chao HC, Chen CY AoB Plants 02-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9389569
doi:10.1093/aobpla/plac031
PMID:35990516
Physiological Adaptation and Plant Distribution along a Steep Hydrological Gradient Sand-Jensen K, Borum J, Møller CL, Baastrup-Spohr L Plants (Basel) 24-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9269611
doi:10.3390/plants11131683
PMID:35807635
Environmental ranges discriminating between macrophytes groups in European rivers Kaijser W, Birk S, Hering D PLoS One 14-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9197031
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0269744
PMID:35700165
Phylogenomic Analyses of Alismatales Shed Light into Adaptations to Aquatic Environments Chen LY, Lu B, Morales-Briones DF, Moody ML, Liu F, Hu GW, Huang CH, Chen JM, Wang QF Mol Biol Evol 19-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC9070837
doi:10.1093/molbev/msac079
PMID:35438770
An ethnobotanical study of wetland flora of Head Maralla Punjab Pakistan Iqbal MS, Ahmad KS, Ali MA, Akbar M, Mehmood A, Nawaz F, Hussain SA, Arshad N, Munir S, Arshad H, Shahbaz K, Bussmann RW PLoS One 14-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8516287
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0258167
PMID:34648500

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