Taxon: Echinodorus berteroi (Spreng.) Fassett

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Common names:

• cellofansvalting   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (aquarium plant fide Dict Gard; F Neotrop 64:39. 1994)
  

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View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Ohio
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California, Nevada, Utah
  Mexico
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: Antigua and Barbuda; Bahamas; Barbados; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Haiti; Jamaica; Netherlands Antilles - Bonaire; Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands (U.S.)
  Northern South America: Guyana
  Western South America: Ecuador - Azuay; Peru [n.w.]
  Southern South America: Argentina - Rio Negro

• 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).
• Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45.
• Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora. [= E. rostratus].
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 2000. Flora of North America. 22:9.
• Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973–. Flora of Ecuador.
• Haynes, R. R. & L. B. Holm-Nielsen. 1994. The Alismataceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 64:39.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Jones, G. N. & G. D. Fuller. 1955. Vascular plants of Illinois. [= E. rostratus].
• McVaugh, R. 1983–. Flora Novo-Galiciana.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Echinodorus berteroi.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Echinodorus berteroi.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Echinodorus berteroi.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Alisma berteroi Spreng. (basionym)
  
• (=) Alisma rostratum Nutt.
  
• (=) Echinodorus rostratus (Nutt.) Engelm. ex A. Gray
  

Check other web resources for Echinodorus berteroi (Spreng.) Fassett:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• 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.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• 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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