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Potamogeton pusillus

Baby Pondweed, Lesser Pondweed
Other regional names: Small Pondweed
  • Small Pondweed
Also known as: Buccaferrea pusilla (L.) Bubani +17 more
  • Buccaferrea pusilla (L.) Bubani
  • Potamogeton aschersonii A.Benn.
  • Potamogeton aschersonii f. pusilloides Hagstr.
  • Potamogeton badius Hagstr.
  • Potamogeton berteroanus Phil.
  • Potamogeton compressus var. elongatus Wahlenb.
  • Potamogeton denticulatus Link
  • Potamogeton dualis Hagstr.
  • Potamogeton exiguus Hagstr.
  • Potamogeton lateralis f. incompletus Hagstr.
  • Potamogeton lateralis f. subcompletus Hagstr.
  • Potamogeton millardii Hesl.-Harr.
  • Potamogeton minutissimus Mert. & W.D.J.Koch
  • Potamogeton panoemitanus Biv.
  • Potamogeton panomitanus Biv.
  • Potamogeton panormitanus Biv.
  • Potamogeton panormitanus Biv. ex Guss.
  • Potamogeton panormitanus var. major G.Fisch.
Botanical Data
  • Taxonomic Rank: Species
  • Botanical Family: Potamogetonaceae
  • WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a hydroannual.

Potamogeton pusillus (commonly known as Baby Pondweed or Lesser Pondweed) is an aquatic annual within the Potamogetonaceae family. It naturally occurs in Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Europe, North America, and South America. In its natural range, this species typically occurs in temperate conditions.

Macro Climate
Temperate
Plant Type
Annual
Plant Type
Aquatic Plant

Native Range

Continents (WGSRPD)
AFRICA, ASIA-TEMPERATE, ASIA-TROPICAL, EUROPE, NORTHERN AMERICA, SOUTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
Arabian Peninsula, Brazil, Caribbean, Caucasus, Central America, China, East Tropical Africa, Eastern Asia, Eastern Canada, Eastern Europe, Indian Subcontinent, Indo-China, Macaronesia, Malesia, Mexico, Middle Asia, Middle Europe, Mongolia, North-Central U.S.A., Northeast Tropical Africa, Northeastern U.S.A., Northern Africa, Northern Europe, Northern South America, Northwestern U.S.A., Papuasia, Russian Far East, Siberia, South Tropical Africa, South-Central U.S.A., Southeastern Europe, Southeastern U.S.A., Southern Africa, Southern South America, Southwestern Europe, Southwestern U.S.A., Subarctic America, West Tropical Africa, West-Central Tropical Africa, Western Asia, Western Canada, Western South America
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central European Russia, Chile Central, Chile North, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, Florida, France, Free State, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Kirgizistan, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Libya, Louisiana, Madeira, Maine, Malawi, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Nicaragua, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russia, Northern Provinces, Northwest European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oman, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Qinghai, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Rwanda, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Somalia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Yukon, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

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