Potamogeton pusillus

Potamogeton pusillus

Potamogeton pusillus

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Potamogetonaceae
Genus: Potamogeton
Species: Potamogeton pusillus

Name

Potamogeton pusillus L. in Sp. Pl.: 127 (1753)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Buccaferrea pusilla (L.) Bubani in Fl. Pyren. 4: 16 (1901)
  • Potamogeton pusillus var. typicus Fernald in Mem. Gray Herb. 3: 81 (1932), not validly publ.
  • Potamogeton pusillus var. vulgaris Fr. in Novit. Fl. Suec. Alt.: 49 (1828), not validly publ.
  • Spirillus pusillus (L.) Nieuwl. in Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 18 (1913)
• Homotypic
  • Potamogeton aschersonii A.Benn. in J. Bot. 31: 294 (1893)
  • Potamogeton aschersonii f. pusilloides Hagstr. in Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.f., 55(5): 112 (1916)
  • Potamogeton badius Hagstr. in Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.f., 55(5): 104 (1916)
  • Potamogeton berteroanus Phil. in Linnaea 30: 200 (1859)
  • Potamogeton caespitosus Humn. in Cat. Pl. Luxeuil: 60 (1876)
  • Potamogeton compressus var. elongatus Wahlenb. in Fl. Suecica 1: 107 (1824)
  • Potamogeton denticulatus Link in C.L.von Buch, Phys. Beschr. Canar. Ins.: 138 (1828)
  • Potamogeton dualis Hagstr. in Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.f., 55(5): 103 (1916)
  • Potamogeton exiguus Hagstr. in Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.f., 55(5): 106 (1916)
  • Potamogeton gracilis Fr. in Novit. Fl. Suec. Alt.: 50 (1828), nom. illeg. homonym. post.
  • Potamogeton lateralis f. incompletus Hagstr. in Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.f., 55(5): 127 (1916)
  • Potamogeton lateralis f. subcompletus Hagstr. in Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.f., 55(5): 127 (1916)
  • Potamogeton millardii Hesl.-Harr. in Proc. Univ. Durham Philos. Soc. 10: 365 (1942)
  • Potamogeton panormitanus Biv. in Nuove Pianti: 6 (1838)
  • Potamogeton panormitanus var. major G.Fisch. in Ber. Bayer. Bot. Ges. 11: 109 (1907)
  • Potamogeton panormitanus var. minor Biv. in F.Andrea, Barone Ant. Biv. -Bern.: 6 (1838)
  • Potamogeton panormitanus var. minor Biv. ex Guss. in Fl. Sicul. Syn. 1: 207 (1842)
  • Potamogeton pusilliformis Hagstr. in Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.f., 55(5): 97 (1916)
  • Potamogeton pusillus var. africanus A.Benn. in Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 9: 102 (1905)
  • Potamogeton pusillus subsp. argentinus A.Benn. in J. Bot. 46: 250 (1908)
  • Potamogeton pusillus var. capillaris Gaudin in Fl. Helv. 1: 479 (1828)
  • Potamogeton pusillus var. capitatus A.Benn. in J. Bot. 39: 201 (1901)
  • Potamogeton pusillus var. elongatus A.Benn. in J.Macoun, Cat. Canad. Pl. 5: 371 (1890)
  • Potamogeton pusillus subvar. interruptus J.W.Robbins in S.Watson, Botany [Fortieth Parallel]: 338 (1871), nom. illeg. homonym. post.
  • Potamogeton pusillus var. lacunatus Fernald in Mem. Gray Herb. 3: 85 (1932)
  • Potamogeton pusillus var. latifolius G.Mey. in Chloris Han.: 525 (1836), nom. illeg. superfl.
  • Potamogeton pusillus var. latifolius Čelak. in Prodr. Fl. Böhmen: 23 (1867), nom. illeg. homonym. post.
  • Potamogeton pusillus var. longipedunculatus Hicken in Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 65: 295 (1908)
  • Potamogeton pusillus var. major Fr. in Novit. Fl. Suec. Alt.: 48 (1828), nom. illeg. homonym. post.
  • Potamogeton pusillus var. minor (Biv. ex Guss.) Fernald & B.G.Schub. in Rhodora 50: 154 (1949)
  • Potamogeton pusillus var. panormitanus (Biv.) Nyman in Consp. Fl. Eur.: 683 (1882)
  • Potamogeton pusillus proles panormitanus (Biv.) Graebn. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 11(Heft 31): 116 (1907)
  • Potamogeton pusillus subsp. panormitanus (Biv.) Schinz & R.Keller in Fl. Schweiz Exkurs., ed. 3. 2: 16 (1914)
  • Potamogeton pusillus var. pseudorutilus A.Benn. in J. Bot. 39: 201 (1901)
  • Potamogeton pusillus var. sphaerocarpus K.Schum. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(3): 692 (1894)
  • Potamogeton pusillus subsp. sturrockii (A.Benn.) Hook.f. in Student. Fl. Brit. Isl., ed. 3: 435 (1884)
  • Potamogeton pusillus var. tenuifolius K.Schum. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(3): 692 (1894)
  • Potamogeton reichenbachii M.Loehr ex Beurl. in Bot. Not. 1853: 90 (1853)
  • Potamogeton rutilus subsp. caespitosus (Humn.) Nyman in Consp. Fl. Eur., Suppl. 2.: 288 (1890)
  • Potamogeton sturrockii A.Benn. in Scott. Naturalist (Perth), n.s., 1: 27 (1883)
  • Potamogeton subjavanicus Hagstr. in Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.f., 55(5): 129 (1916)
  • Potamogeton subtrichodes Schur in Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 633 (1866)
  • Potamogeton tenuifolius F.Phil. in Anales Mus. Nac. Santiago de Chile 1891(App.): 95 (1891), nom. illeg. homonym. post.
  • Potamogeton trichoides Benth. in Pl. Hartw.: 341 (1857), nom. illeg. homonym. post.
  • Potamogeton trinervius G.Fisch. in Ber. Bayer. Bot. Ges. 11: 29 (1907), non Saporta (1888), fossil name.
  • Potamogeton turionifer Hagstr. in Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.f., 55(5): 91 (1916)
  • Potamogeton turionifer var. mucronulatus Hagstr. in Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.f., 55(5): 91 (1916)
  • Potamogeton turionifer var. tenuis Hagstr. in Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.f., 55(5): 91 (1916)

Hybrids

• Potamogeton × confinis

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Cosmopolitan Regional: temperate biome Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central European Russia, Chile Central, Chile North, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, DR Congo, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Finland, Florida, France, Free State, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Libya, Louisiana, Madeira, Maine, Malawi, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Nicaragua, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russia, Northern Provinces, Northwest European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nova Scotia, NW. Balkan Pen., Ohio, Oklahoma, Oman, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Qinghai, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Rwanda, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Somalia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Sudan-South Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutiya, Yemen, Yukon, Zambia, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 127. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Hassler, M. & Muer, T. 2022. Flora Germanica. Alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild. 2 vols., 1712 pp., Verlag Regionalkultur, Ubstadt-Weiher. ISBN 978-3-95505-333-8 Reference page. 
• Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Japan IVa: 1-430. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Potamogeton pusillus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 October 04. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Potamogeton pusillus. Published online. Accessed: October 04 2020. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Potamogeton pusillus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• беларуская: урэчнік маленькі
• čeština: rdest maličký
• Cymraeg: dyfrllys eiddil
• Deutsch: Gewöhnliches Zwerg-Laichkraut
• English: small pondweed, Lesser Pondweed, lesser pondweed
• eesti: Väike penikeel
• فارسی: بارهنگ نازک
• suomi: hentovita
• Nederlands: Tenger fonteinkruid, tenger fonteinkruid
• norsk: Granntjønnaks
• polski: Rdestnica drobna
• svenska: Spädnate
• українська: Рдесник дрібний
• 中文: 柳絲藻, 小眼子菜

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