floating water-plantain
Luronium natans (L.) Raf.
Luronium natans (L.) Raf. is an aquatic plant species in the family Alismataceae. It is native to western and central Europe, ranging from Spain to Britain and Norway east to Ukraine. The species is known by the common name floating water-plantain.
Description
Luronium natans is the sole species in the genus Luronium. It is found in regions including the Palaearctic, Ireland, Flanders, Belgium, the Baltic States, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, and Italy. The plant was first described in 1840 and is distributed across the Atlantic Ocean and other parts of Europe. It is commonly referred to as floating water-plantain in English.
Other common names
floating water-plantainWater-Plantainfloating-water-plantain
Distribution
NO · Palaearctic · IE · Flanders · Ireland · Ireland | Atlantic Ocean · SE · DK · Global · Belgium · Flemish Region · Walloon Region · Baltic States · Bulgaria · Czechoslovakia · Denmark · France · Germany · Great Britain · Italy · Netherlands · Norway · Poland · Romania · Spain · Sweden · Ukraine · Yugoslavia
Synonyms
Nectalisma natansAlisma diversifoliumAlisma natansEchinodorus natansElisma natansElisma natans f. fluitansElisma natans f. repensEchinodorus natans var. repensElisma natans f. terrestrisEchinodorus natans f. repensElisma natans var. repensElisma natans var. terrestreElisma natans f. sparganiifoliumAlisma natans var. sparganiifoliumElisma natans var. sparganiifoliumAlisma natans var. reptansAlisma natans var. repensEchinodorus natans subvar. parvulusEchinodorus natans subvar. plantaginifoliusElisma natans subvar. parvulumElisma natans subvar. plantaginifoliumDamasonium natans