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Potamogeton pectinatum

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Name

Identification
Potamogeton pectinatum L. [family POTAMOGETONACEAE ] Verified by J.E. Dandy, 1936 Potamogeton pectinatus L. [family POTAMOGETONACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Z. Kaplan, 2006
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Flora

Entry for POTAMOGETON pectinatum Linn. [family POTAMOGETONACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 7, page 41, (1900) Author: (By ARTHUR BENNETT.)
Names
POTAMOGETON pectinatum Linn. [family POTAMOGETONACEAE], Sp. Plant. ed. 1, 127;—Durand and Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 495.
POTAMOGETON marinum L.? ex Krauss [family POTAMOGETONACEAE], in Flora, 1845, 344.
Information
stem cylindrical, or subcompressed, repeatedly branched; leaves all similar, the upper sometimes setaceous, 1-nerved, lower long linear with 3–5 nerves; stipules long, united to the sheathing petiole of the leaf, free at the apex; peduncles variable, short or long, equal; spike often interrupted; upper flowers generally approximate; fruit large, olive or green, obliquely obovate, slightly compressed, 3-keeled on the dorsal margin, central one generally prominent (but variable), slightly convex, or nearly straight on the ventral margin. null
Range
Widely dispersed in all parts of the earth.
Distribution
COAST REGION Bredasdorp Div.; Zoetendals Vlei, Krauss! Uitenhage Div.; Zwartkops River, Zeyher, 4328! Ecklon and Zeyher, 644!KALAHARI REGION Transvaal; Schoon Spruit, near Klerksdorp, Nelson, 225!

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