Taxon: Stuckenia pectinata (L.) Börner

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

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:

PR(as Potamogeton pectinatus)ª.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Common names:

• sago pondweed   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  
• potamot pectiné   (Source: F NAmer ) – French
  

Economic importance:

• Animal food: forage   (for waterfowl fide F NAmer)
  
• Weed   (fide Atlas WWeed, as Potamogeton pectinatus)
  

Distributional range:

• nearly cosmopolitan in wetlands

References:

• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Haynes, R. R. & L. B. Holm-Nielsen. 2003. Potamogetonaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 85:43.
• Wiegleb, G. & Z. Kaplan. 1998. An account of the species of Potamogeton L. (Potamogetonaceae). Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 33:305. [= Potamogeton pectinatus L.].

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Stuckenia pectinata.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Stuckenia pectinata.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Stuckenia pectinata.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Potamogeton pectinatus L. (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Stuckenia pectinata (L.) Börner:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• 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:

• Fruit: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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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