PLANTS Profile for Aponogeton distachyos (Cape pondweed)

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PLANTS Profile

Aponogeton distachyos L. f.
Cape pondweed

Symbol:

APDI

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Aponogetonaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Aponogeton distachyos L. f.

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Distribution:
Aponogeton distachyos L. f.


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Related Taxa:
Aponogeton distachyos L. f.

View 1 genera in Aponogetonaceae, 1 species in Aponogeton

Classification:
Aponogeton distachyos L. f.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Alismatidae
Order	Najadales
Family	Aponogetonaceae – Cape-pondweed family
Genus	Aponogeton L. f. – aponogeton
Species	Aponogeton distachyos L. f. – Cape pondweed

Introduced Information:
Aponogeton distachyos L. f.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Aponogeton distachyos L. f.

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Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Aponogeton distachyos L. f.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 38980.

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 03:18 PM CST