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Species
Least Concernperfoliate pondweed
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderAlismatales
- FamilyPotamogetonaceae
Potamogeton perfoliatus is close relative of Potamogeton praelongus, but differs from the latter in its rhizomes unspotted (vs. spotted rusty-red), leaves ovate or ovate-oblong to lanceolate (vs. linear-lanceolate to ovate-oblong), minutely denticulate (vs. entire), apex flat, not splitting when pressed (vs. cucullate and splitting when pressed), stipules 3-22 mm (vs. 10-88 mm).
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5,664
- With media
- 4,383
- Family
- Potamogetonaceae
- Collections
- UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, MADUG-UG, YPM, CMN, UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT, CM
- Recorded in
- Canada, United States, Mexico
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Subclass of
- herbaceous plant
- Parent taxon
- Potamogeton
- Image
- Potamogeton perfoliatus.jpeg
- Has use
- fodder
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- taxon rank
- species
- taxon name
- Potamogeton perfoliatus
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon common name
- 抱茎眼子菜
- Commons gallery
- Potamogeton perfoliatus
- Commons category
- Potamogeton perfoliatus
- taxon range
- Tibet Autonomous Region
- short name
- P. perfoliatus
- taxon author citation
- (Schrenk) Trautv.
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Encyclopedic overview
Potamogeton perfoliatus (claspingleaf pondweed, perfoliate pondweed, redhead grass) is a perennial aquatic plant in the family Potamogetonaceae occurring in both standing and flowing freshwater habitats. It is widely distributed globally, occurring in all continents except South America and Antarctica.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Potamogeton perfoliatus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.