Vallisneria americana

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Species Distribution Map
Family:HYDROCHARITACEAE
Species:Vallisneria americana Michx.
Common Name:American Eelgrass; Tapegrass; Water Celery
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:VAAM3
Plant Notes:**
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, OBL (NWI)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyHYDROCHARITACEAE - Tape-Grass family
Genus Vallisneria
Species Vallisneria americana Michx. - American Eelgrass; Tapegrass; Water Celery

Citation

Citation Vallisneria americana Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 220. 1803.
Basionym: **
Type: USA: ILLINOIS: (fide Fernald 1918): "fluminie Mississipi", without data, Michaux s.n. (lectotype: P). Lectotypified by Marie-Victorin, Contr. Inst. Bot. Univ. Montreal 46: 1-38. 1943.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Vallisneria asiatica Vallisneria asiatica Miki, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 48: 329. 1934.  
Vallisneria asiatica var. higoensis Vallisneria asiatica Miki, var. higoensis Miki, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 48: 330. 1934. JAPAN: Kiushu: Prov. Higo, Edzuko, 29 Apr 1927, Miki s.n. (holotype: ?).
Vallisneria gigantea var. higoensis Vallisneria gigantea Graebner, var. higoensis (Miki) Kitamura, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 22: 74. 1966.Vallisneria asiatica Miki, var. higoensis Miki 1934. 
Vallisneria higoensis Vallisneria higoensis (Miki) Ohwi, Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. 26: 1. 1949.Vallisneria asiatica Miki, var higoensis Miki 1934. 
Vallisneria natans var. higoensis Vallisneria natans (Loureiro) H. Hara, var. higoensis (Miki) H. Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 49: 136. 1974.Vallisneria asiatica Miki, var. higoensis Miki 1934. 
Vallisneria neotropicalis Vallisneria neotropicalis Victorin, Contr. Inst. Bot. Univ. Montreal 46: 34. 1943. CUBA: Matanzas: Cienaga de Zapata, Río Negro, 24 Feb 1941, Victorin et al. 19552 (holotype: MT; isotypes: GH, NY).
Vallisneria spiralis var. subulispatha Vallisneria spiralis Linnaeus, var. subulispatha Makino, J. Jap. Bot. 7: 6. 1931.  
Vallisneria spiralis var. americana Vallisneria spiralis Linnaeus, var. americana (Michaux) Torrey, Comp. Fl. N. Middle Stat. 365. 1826, basionym not directly cited, comb. inval.?.Vallisneria americana Michaux 1803. 
Vallisneria subulispatha Vallisneria subulispatha (Makino) Koidzumi, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 3: 147. 1934.Vallisneria spiralis Linnaeus, var. subulispatha Makino 1931. 
Vallisneria spiralis    

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Colbert, Covington, Franklin, Houston, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lee, Limestone, Marshall, Mobile, Morgan, Shelby

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, UNAF, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1885 - 1982

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
USAM000007341 Baldwin 09 Jun 1969 Kral, Robert
35178		 USAM
Vallisneria americana Michaux
UWAL0049758 Limestone 18 Sep 2019 Webb, David H.
8772		 UWAL
Vallisneria americana Michx.
JSU114498 Jackson 17 Aug 1975 Whetstone, R. David
6683		 JSU
Vallisneria americana Michaux
UWAL0051702 Marshall 06 Oct 2018 Spaulding, Daniel D.
15749		 UWAL
Vallisneria americana Michx.
TROY000025686 Jackson 24 Sep 1980 Kral, Robert
66398		 TROY
Vallisneria americana Michaux
AMAL00000986 Jackson 02 Aug 1978 Haynes, Robert R.
6834		 AMAL
Vallisneria americana Michx.
UWAL0038236 Mobile 11 Oct 1975 LeLong, Michel G.
8817		 UWAL
Vallisneria americana Michx.
AUA_ACC_10237 Lee 3 Aug 1962 Swingle, W.E.
 AUA
Vallisneria Americana Michx.
UWAL0049900 Limestone 28 Aug 2019 Webb, David H.
8740		 UWAL
Vallisneria americana Michx.
AMAL00000985 Franklin 06 Apr 2002 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11139		 AMAL
Vallisneria americana Michx.
UWAL0049738 Jackson 05 Aug 2010 Webb, David H.
7433		 UWAL
Vallisneria americana Michx.
UWAL0051782 Morgan 19 Aug 2018 Spaulding, Daniel D.
15571		 UWAL
Vallisneria americana Michx.
ALNHS00003596 Baldwin 27 Aug 2015 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#2010		 ALNHS
Vallisneria americana Michx.
UWAL0004558 Jackson 24 Sep 1980 Kral, Robert
66398		 UWAL
Vallisneria americana Mx.
UWAL0039463 Lauderdale 10 Oct 2014 Webb, David H.
8191		 UWAL
Vallisneria americana Michx.
UNA00067452 Morgan 27 Sep 2007 Webb, David
6697		 UNA
Vallisneria americana Michx.
SAMF0000406 Shelby 27 May 1988 Davenport, Lawrence J.
2561		 SAMF
Vallisneria americana Michaux
USAM000007337 Baldwin 09 Jul 1979 Dowling, Hugh M.
221		 USAM
Vallisneria americana Michaux
UNA00061901 Mobile 28 Oct 1997 Stout, Judy
s.n.		 UNA
Vallisneria americana Michx.
AUA000039513 Mobile Jul 1964 Addison, Joseph H.
 AUA
Vallisneria Americana Michx.
UWAL0049619 Colbert 17 Oct 2019 Webb, David H.
8846		 UWAL
Vallisneria americana Michx.
USAM000007338 Baldwin 14 Aug 1976 LeLong, Michel G.
9397		 USAM
Vallisneria americana Michaux
AMAL00012397 Jackson 24 Sep 1980 Kral, Robert
66398		 AMAL
Vallisneria americana Michx.
TROY000010845 Covington 25 Jun 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13413		 TROY
Vallisneria americana Michaux
USAM000007340 Baldwin 06 Aug 1976 LeLong, Michel G.
9359		 USAM
Vallisneria americana Michaux
UWAL0043861 Baldwin 17 Apr 2001 Larsen, Harry S.
721		 UWAL
Vallisneria americana Mich.
UWAL0049652 Lauderdale 08 Oct 2019 Webb, David H.
8828		 UWAL
Vallisneria americana Michx.
TROY000010844 Baldwin 30 Oct 2003 Stinson, Jonathan
2		 TROY
Vallisneria americana Michaux
UWAL0043860 Baldwin 10 Jul 2000 Larsen, Harry S.
472		 UWAL
Vallisneria americana Mich.
UNA00067453 Limestone 24 Oct 2007 Webb, David
6704		 UNA
Vallisneria americana Michx.
ALNHS00004236 Marshall 09 Nov 2016 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#2671		 ALNHS
Vallisneria americana Michx.
UNAF0001758 Marshall 07 Sep 2011 Webb, David H.
7790		 UNAF
Vallisneria americana Michaux
UNA00025207 Shelby 24 Sep 1978 Haynes, Robert R.
6926		 UNA
Vallisneria americana Michx.
ALNHS00004994 Houston 05 Nov 2015 Barger, T. Wayne
DTP-300		 ALNHS
Vallisneria americana Michx.
AUA_ACC_5331 Lee 7 Jul 1968 Bayne, D.R.
 AUA
Vallisneria Americana Michx.
UWAL0049750 Morgan 28 Aug 2019 Webb, David H.
8736		 UWAL
Vallisneria americana Michx.
TROY000010846 Mobile 24 Jun 2004 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12148		 TROY
Vallisneria americana Michaux
UWAL0049968 Covington 22 Sep 2019 Diamond, Alvin R.
29112		 UWAL
Vallisneria americana Michaux
UNA00025204 Jackson 02 Aug 1978 Haynes, Robert R.
6834a		 UNA
Vallisneria americana Michx.
UNA00025202 Jackson 07 Jul 1978 Haynes, Robert R.
6603		 UNA
Vallisneria americana Michx.
UNA00025203 Baldwin 06 Nov 1982 Haynes, Robert R.
8693		 UNA
Vallisneria americana Michx.
UNA00025205 Baldwin 09 Oct 1977 Davenport, Lawrence J.
242		 UNA
Vallisneria americana Michx.
JSU114497 Jackson 22 May 1998 Brodeur, Kristin R.
724		 JSU
Vallisneria americana Michaux
JSU114499 Lee 8 Aug 1968 Johnson, Stephen C.
X-49-117		 JSU
Vallisneria americana Michaux
UWAL0039376 Colbert 31 Aug 2017 Webb, David H.
8471		 UWAL
Vallisneria americana Michx.
AMAL00008525 Mobile 28 Oct 1997 Stout, Judy
s.n.		 AMAL
Vallisneria americana Michx.
UWAL0050557 Lauderdale 25 Aug 2018 Spaulding, Daniel D.
15635		 UWAL
Vallisneria americana Michx.
TROY000047264 Mobile 11 Oct 1975 Lelong, Michel G.
8817		 TROY
Vallisneria americana Michaux
UNA00025206 14 Jun 1885 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Vallisneria americana Michx.
AUA_ACC_66234 Shelby 27 May 1988 Davenport, L.J.
2561		 AUA
Vallisneria Americana Michx.
UNA00065173 Shelby 27 May 1988 Davenport, Lawrence J.
2561		 UNA
Vallisneria americana Michx.
AUA_ACC_10237A Lee 3 Aug 1962 Swingle, W.E.
 AUA
Vallisneria Americana Michx.
UWAL0047292 Limestone 10 Oct 2019 Webb, David H.
8840		 UWAL
Vallisneria americana Michx.
AUA_ACC_1227 Baldwin 29 Oct 1954 Moore, William H.
 AUA
Vallisneria Americana Michx.
UWAL0049586 Jackson 13 Jun 2007 Webb, David H.
6603		 UWAL
Vallisneria americana Michx.
UWAL0051794 Jackson 11 Aug 2018 Spaulding, Daniel D.
15554		 UWAL
Vallisneria americana Michx.
TROY000049446 Covington 22 Sep 2019 Diamond, Alvin R.
29112		 TROY
Vallisneria americana Michaux
UWAL0050550 Lawrence 19 Aug 2018 Spaulding, Daniel D.
15600		 UWAL
Vallisneria americana Michx.
USAM000007339 Baldwin 20 Oct 1975 LeLong, Michel G.
8858		 USAM
Vallisneria americana Michaux
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