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Accession Data:

Vallisneria americana Michx.

  • Common Name: Eel Grass
  • Family: Hydrocharitaceae Juss.
  • Synonym(s): Vallisneria neotropicalis Vict.

  • Country of Origin: N. America to Honduras, Colombia, Caribbean

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201000014
  • Source: Nick Tippery
  • Provenance: #3 - San Marcos River, above confluence with Sessom's Creek
  • Accession Date: 02-22-2010
  • Bench: 6902 - Array 1, Tank 2
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 01-31-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: monocots
  • Order: Alismatales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Hydrocharitaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

    • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Manitoba / New Brunswick / Nova Scotia / Ontario / Québec / Oregon / Washington / Illinois / Iowa / Minnesota / Missouri / South Dakota / Wisconsin / Connecticut / Indiana / Maine / Masachusettes / Michigan / New Hampshire / New Jersey / New York / Ohio / Pennsylvania / Rhode I. / Vermont / West Virginia / Nevada / New Mexico / Texas / Alabama / Delaware / Florida / Georgia / Kentucky / Louisiana / Maryland / Mississippi / North Carolina / South Carolina / Tennessee / Virginia / District of Columbia / Mexico Central / Mexico Northeast / Mexico Gulf / Mexico Southeast / Guatemala / Honduras / Cuba / Dominican Republic / Haiti / Jamaica / Colombia

    References (external):

    1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, June 22, 2018.
    2. WCSP (2017). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Friday, June 22, 2018.
    3. Vallisneria americana at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Friday, June 22, 2018.

    data regenerated on Wed, 31 Jan 2024 13:00:02 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

    Images:

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    Current Accessions in the Hydrocharitaceae

    • Egeria densa W/C
    • Elodea canadensis
    • Limnobium laevigatum
    • Vallisneria americana
    W/C = Wild Collected
    = indicates flowering in past 14 days
    = images available for this accession
    = map available for this accession
    = accession added within past 90 days
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