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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Elodea

Hierarchical position of the Genus Elodea

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Liliopsida Brongn. pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843. common name: Monocots       Subclassis  Alismatidae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 461. Jan-Mar 1967.       SuperOrdo  Alismatanae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 461. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Hydrocharitales Dumort. pub. 1829    Familia  Hydrocharitaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 67. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Waterweeds    Genus  Elodea Michx. pub. (1803) common name: waterweed

Named members of the Genus Elodea

1	Species  bifoliata St. John common name: twoleaf waterweed
2	Species  brandegeeae St. John syn. Elodea canadensis
3	Species  canadensis Michx. common name: Canadian waterweed
4	Species  columbiana St. John syn. Elodea nuttallii
5	Species  densa (Planch.) Caspary syn. Egeria densa
6	Species  fraseri Spach syn. Triadenum fraseri
7	Species  ioensis Wylie syn. Elodea canadensis
8	Species  linearis (Rydb.) St. John syn. Elodea canadensis
9	Species  longivaginata St. John syn. Elodea bifoliata
10	Species  minor (Engelm. ex Caspary) Farw. syn. Elodea nuttallii
11	Species  nevadensis (Planch.) St. John syn. Elodea bifoliata
12	Species  nuttallii (Planch.) St. John common name: western waterweed
13	Species  occidentalis (Pursh) St. John syn. Elodea nuttallii
14	Species  planchonii Caspary syn. Elodea canadensis
15	Species  schweinitzii (Planch.) Caspary common name: Schweinitz's waterweed

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.