Taxon: Lagarosiphon major (Ridl.) Moss

• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

A declared noxious weed by USDA-APHIS.

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

ALª*, CAª, MAª, MNª, NCª, NHª, OKª, SCª, TXª, WAª.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Common names:

• African-elodea   (Source: Invasive Species ) – English
  
• curly waterweed   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  
• oxygen-weed   (Source: Noxweed Aust ) – English
  
• South African oxygen-weed   (Source: Invasive Species ) – English
  
• afrikansk vattenpest   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (used in aquarium fide Dict Gard; Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide Noxweed Aust; Invasive Pl Spec)
  

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  South Tropical Africa: Zambia; Zimbabwe
  Southern Africa: Botswana; Lesotho; South Africa

• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia
  New Zealand: New Zealand

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961–. Flora of New Zealand.
• Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62.
• Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
• Dyer, R. A. et al., eds. 1963–. Flora of southern Africa.
• Harden, G. J., ed. 1990–1993. Flora of New South Wales.
• Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. 1992. Noxious weeds of Australia.
• University of Georgia, Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health. Invasive.org: invasive and exotic species of North America (on-line resource).
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Lagarosiphon major.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Lagarosiphon major.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Lagarosiphon major.

Check other web resources for Lagarosiphon major (Ridl.) Moss:

• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
• On-line Flora of Zimbabwe
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Forestry Images: from www.forestryimages.org

More:

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• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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