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Taxon: Myriophyllum spicatum L.

Genus: Myriophyllum
Family: Haloragaceae.
Nomen number: 400094
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 2:992. 1753
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project of the Natural History Museum of London.
Name verified on: 26-Sep-1994 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
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*, CAª, COª, CTª, FLª, IAª, IDª, MAª, MEª, MNª, MTª°, NCª, NMª, NVª, ORª, PRª, SCª, SDª, TXª, VTª, WAª, WIª.
ªAquatic. *Terrestrial. °In seed.
Link to noxious weed information from Invaders Database System
Link to species profile at National Invasive Species Information Center

Common names:

  • Eurasian water-milfoil   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  • spike water-milfoil   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – English
  • spiked water-milfoil   (Source: BSBI ) – English

Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • AFRICA
    Northern Africa: Algeria; Egypt; Morocco; Tunisia
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Western Asia: Afghanistan; Egypt - Sinai; Iran [w.]; Israel; Jordan; Lebanon; Syria; Turkey
    Caucasus: Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia
    Siberia: Russian Federation - Altay, Eastern Siberia
    Middle Asia: Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan
    Russian Far East: Russian Federation - Kamchatka, Kurile Islands, Primorye, Sakhalin
    Mongolia: Mongolia
    China: China
    Eastern Asia: Japan - Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku
  • ASIA-TROPICAL
    Indian Subcontinent: India [n.]; Nepal; Pakistan
  • EUROPE
    Northern Europe: Denmark; Finland; Iceland; Ireland; Norway; Sweden; United Kingdom
    Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Switzerland
    East Europe: Belarus; Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine
    Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece [incl. Crete]; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]; Romania
    Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain [incl. Baleares]

      Naturalized:
  • naturalized in tropical & s. Africa, United States, Canada, & tropical Southern America

References:

  • Botanical Society of the British Isles. 2007. BSBI checklist. (BSBI)
  • Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants. Florida state list aquatic & wetland noxious weeds - from Department of Environmental Protection - on-line document. (FL AquaNoxweed)
  • Conant, P. et al. 1997. Appendix. Selected plant species interfering with resource management goals in North American natural areas. In J. O. Luken & J. W. Thieret, eds., Assessment and management of plant invasions. (Pl Invasion)
  • Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist. (L Medit)
  • 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)
  • Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds. (Atlas WWeed)
  • Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can ed2)
  • Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR)
  • Mouterde, P. 1966–. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie. (F Liban)
  • Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica. (F Iran)
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
  • USDA National Agricultural Library. National Invasive Species Information Center (Nat Invasive Sp Info)
  • 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 104:407.
  • Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966–. Flora palaestina. (F Palest)
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Check other databases for Myriophyllum spicatum L.:

  • Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
  • 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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URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?400094 (09 February 2010)

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