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Taxon: Myriophyllum aquaticum (Vell.) Verdc.

Genus: Myriophyllum
Family: Haloragaceae.
Nomen number: 400091
Place of publication: Kew Bull. 23:36. 1973
Name verified on: 26-Sep-1994 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 22-May-1997
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

SPECIES RESTRICTED BECAUSE STATE NOXIOUS WEED
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*, CTª, MAª, MEª, PRª, VTª, WAª.
ªAquatic. *Terrestrial. °In seed.
Link to noxious weed information from Invaders Database System

Common names:

  • Brazilian water-milfoil   (Source: Noxweed Aust ) – English
  • parrot's-feather   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  • thread-of-life   (Source: Noxweed Aust ) – English
  • water-feather   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  • waterduisendblaar   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – Afrikaans

Economic importance:


Distributional range:

      Native:
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Brazil: Brazil
    Western South America: Bolivia; Ecuador; Peru
    Southern South America: Argentina; Chile; Paraguay

      Naturalized: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • naturalized in s. Africa, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, & United States (including Hawaii)

References:

  • Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. (L Peru)
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
  • Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12. (Weeds SAfr 2001)
  • Henderson, M. et al. 1987. Declared weeds and alien invader plants in South Africa. Botanical Research Institute, bulletin 413. (Weeds SAfr)
  • Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds. (Atlas WWeed) [= M. brasiliense Cambess.].
  • Kahn, F. et al. 1993. Las plantas vasculares en las aguas continentales del Peru. IFEA, Lima, Peru. (Aquat Peru)
  • Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can ed2)
  • Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. (Econ Pl Aust)
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Orchard, A. E. 1981. Brunonia 4:33.
  • Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. 1992. Noxious weeds of Australia. (Noxweed Aust)
  • Reitz, R., ed. 1965–. Flora ilustrada catarinense. (F SCatarin)
  • Spichiger, R., ed. 1985–. Flora del Paraguay. (F Parag)
  • Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. (Invasive Pl Spec)
  • Yu, D. et al. 2002. Taxonomic revision of the genus Myriophyllum (Haloragaceae) in China. Rhodora 104:400.
More:

Synonyms:


Check other databases for Myriophyllum aquaticum (Vell.) Verdc.:

  • Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • 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.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images 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.

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