Elodea

Elodea canadensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Alismatales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Alismatales

Familia: Hydrocharitaceae
Genus: Elodea
Species: E. bifoliata – E. callitrichoides – E. canadensis – E. densa – E. granatensis – E. heterostemon – E. najas – E. nuttallii – E. potamogeton

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Elodea in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 23. Reference page.

Name

Elodea Michx. (1803)

• Type species: Elodea canadensis Michx.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Elodea L.C.Richard, Mém. Cl. Sci. Math. Inst. Natl. France 12(2): 4, 60. 1814, nom. illeg. non Michx. (1803)
• Heterotypic
  • Anacharis Rich., Mém. Cl. Sci. Math. Inst. Natl. France 9(2): 62 (1808 publ. 1811), nom. illeg.
  • Serpicula Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept., ed. 2, 1: 33 (1816), nom. illeg.
  • Philotria Raf., Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 2: 175 (1818).
  • Udora Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 242 (1818).
  • Diplandra Bertero, Mercurio Chileno 13: 612 (1829).
  • Hydora Besser, Flora 15(2 Beibl.): 13 (1832).
  • Apalanthe Planch., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., II, 1: 87 (1848).
  • Luchia Steud., Nom. ed. II. 2: 75 (1841)

Homonyms

• Elodea Juss. = Hypericum L.
• Elodea J.St.-Hil., = Cratoxylum Blume

References

• Michaux, A. 1803. Flora Boreali-Americana: sistens caracteres plantarum quas in America septentrionali collegit et detexit Andreas Michaux. Vol. 1. Parisiis et Argentorati: fratres Levrault. BHL Reference page. : 1: 20.

Additional references

• WCVP 2022. Elodea in World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2.0. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 2 18. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Elodea in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 23. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Elodea in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Elodea. Published online. Accessed: Oct 23 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Elodea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Oct 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Elodea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 23. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

العربية: أيلود
беларуская: Эладэя
čeština: vodní mor
dansk: Vandpest
Deutsch: Wasserpest
English: Waterweed
Esperanto: Elodeo
eesti: Vesikatk
فارسی: علف‌آبزیان
suomi: Vesirutot
Nordfriisk: Ialkrüüs
français: Ėlodée
Frysk: Wetterflok
hornjoserbsce: Wódna njerodź
lietuvių: Elodėja
latviešu: Elodejas
Nederlands: Waterpest
norsk: Langskuddsplanter
polski: Moczarka
русский: Элодея
slovenčina: vodomor
svenska: Vattenpester
українська: Елодея
Tiếng Việt: Cỏ nhãn tử
中文: 伊乐藻属

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