Potamogeton maackianus

Potamogeton maackianus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Potamogetonaceae
Genus: Potamogeton
Species: P. maackianus
Binomial name
Potamogeton maackianus

Potamogeton maackianus is an aquatic plant species in the genus Potamogeton. It is found in slow moving fresh water.

Distribution and habitat

This is a common plant in lakes and ponds. It is known from Asian fresh waters of Russian Far East, Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan, Indonesia, Philippines, and Myanmar. (India was included in Fl. Malesiana, but the original literature has not found).[1]

Description

Aquatic herb.

References

  1. Ito, Y., T. Ohi-Toma, Nb. Tanaka, and J. Murata (2009) New or noteworthy plant collections from Myanmar (3) Caldesia parnassifolia, Nechamandra alternifolia, Potamogeton maackianus and P. octandrus. Journal of Japanese Botany 84: 321-329.
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