Vallisneria natans
Asian Tape Grass
Also known as: Physkium natans Lour. +17 more
- Physkium natans Lour.
- Vallisneria americana var. biwaensis (Miki) Lowden
- Vallisneria asiatica Miki
- Vallisneria asiatica var. biwaensis Miki
- Vallisneria asiatica var. higoensis Miki
- Vallisneria biwaensis (Miki) Ohwi
- Vallisneria gigantea var. biwaensis (Miki) Kitam.
- Vallisneria gigantea var. higoensis (Miki) Kitam.
- Vallisneria higoensis (Miki) Ohwi
- Vallisneria minor Ito
- Vallisneria natans var. biwaensis (Miki) H.Hara
- Vallisneria natans var. higoensis (Miki) H.Hara
- Vallisneria physkium Juss. ex Spreng.
- Vallisneria spiralis f. minor (Ito) Makino
- Vallisneria spiralis subsp. minor (Ito) Makino
- Vallisneria spiralis var. subulispatha Makino
- Vallisneria spiraloides Roxb.
- Vallisneria subulispatha (Makino) Koidz.
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Hydrocharitaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a hydroperennial.
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Vallisneria natans (commonly known as Asian tape grass) is an aquatic herbaceous perennial belonging to the Hydrocharitaceae family. Indigenous to Temperate Asia and Tropical Asia, this species is primarily associated with subtropical conditions.
Macro Climate
Subtropical
Plant Type
Herbaceous Perennial
Plant Type
Aquatic Plant
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
ASIA-TEMPERATE, ASIA-TROPICAL
Regions (WGSRPD)
China, Eastern Asia, Indian Subcontinent, Indo-China, Russian Far East, Western Asia
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Assam, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, India, Iraq, Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Nepal, Primorye, Taiwan, Vietnam