Aponogetonaceae
Aponogeton

Aponogeton distachyos L.f.

First published in Suppl. Pl.: 215 (1782)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SW. Cape Prov. It is a tuberous hydrogeophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cape Provinces

Introduced into:

California, France, Great Britain, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Northern Provinces, Tasmania, Victoria

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2000). Flora of North America North of Mexico 22: 1-352. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Healey, A.J. & Edgar, E. (1980). Flora of New Zealand 3: 1-220. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.
  • de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Healey, A.J. & Edgar, E. (1980). Flora of New Zealand 3: 1-220. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 1, 2020 Christenhusz, M.J.M. [MC9067] United Kingdom K001400664 Yes
Sandwith, C. [s.n.] South Africa K002908891 No
{Burchell} [670] South Africa K002908904 No
Smith, C.A. [2554] South Africa K002908889 No
Crawley, M.J. [418] K002909025 No
Hanekom, W.J. [725] South Africa K002908890 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002909023 No
Theron, G.C. [1385] South Africa K002908894 No
s.coll. [s.n] South Africa K002908900 No
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002908901 No
McGillett [4291] South Africa K002908896 No
Bayliss, R.D.A. [BS 6985] South Africa K002908887 No
Aston, H.I. [1595] Australia K002908602 No
{Burchell} [4883] South Africa K002908903 No
Drege [s.n.] South Africa K002908898 No
Bos, J.J. [788] South Africa K002908888 No
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002908899 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002909021 No
Garside, S. [154] South Africa K002908902 No
Aston, H.I. [1595] Australia K002908601 No
Rodin, R.J. [1173] South Africa K002908895 No
{Ecklon; Zeyher} [107] South Africa K002908897 No
Lowne, B.T. [s.n.] K002909020 No
Sherwood, L. [s.n.] Australia K002908597 No
Aston, H.I. [1387] Australia K002908598 No
Aston, H.I. [1595] Australia K002908599 No
Whiting, M.M. (Miss); Stewart, K.J. [378] Canada K002909024 No
Aston, H.I. [1595] Australia K002908600 No
Marsh, J.A. [1321] South Africa K002908892 No
Kitching, L. [s.n.] South Africa K002908893 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images