Potamogeton richardsonii |
Potamogeton clystocarpus |
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clasping-leaf pondweed, potamot de Richardson, Richardson's pondweed |
little aguja pondweed |
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Cauline stems | terete, without spots, to 100 cm; nodal glands absent. |
terete to slightly compressed, without spots, to 57 cm; glands white to gold, 0.2–0.3 mm diam. |
Turions | absent. |
unknown. |
Leaves | submersed, ± spirally arranged, sessile, lax; stipules persistent, conspicuous, convolute, free from blade, white, not ligulate, 0.12–0.17 cm, fibrous, disintegrating to persistent fibers, even on proximal portion of stem, shredding at apex, apex obtuse; blade olive green, ovate-lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, not arcuate, 1.6–13 cm × 5–28 mm, base rounded, without basal lobes, clasping, margins entire to crispate, apex not hoodlike, not splitting when pressed, acute to obtuse, lacunae absent; veins 3–35. |
submersed, ± spirally arranged, sessile, delicate; stipules persistent, inconspicuous, convolute, free from blade, brown, not ligulate, to 0.62 cm, not fibrous, not shredding at tip, apex obtuse; blade green, linear, not arcuate, 3.2–7.8 cm × 0.7–1.7 mm, base slightly tapering, without basal lobes, not clasping, margins entire, not crispate, apex not hoodlike, acute, lacunae rarely absent, in 0–4 rows each side of midrib; veins 3(–5). |
Inflorescences | emersed, unbranched; peduncles not dimorphic, terminal or axillary, erect to rarely recurved, clavate, 1.5–14.8 cm; spikes not dimorphic, cylindric, 13–37 mm. |
unbranched, emersed; peduncles not dimorphic, axillary or terminal, erect, cylindric, 3.2–4.8 cm; spike not dimorphic, capitate to cylindric, 5.5–7.5 mm. |
Fruits | sessile, greenish brown, obovoid, turgid to concave, not or rarely abaxially keeled, not laterally keeled, 2.2–4.2 × 1.7–2.9 mm; beak erect, 0.4–0.7 mm; sides without basal tubercles; embryo with 1 full spiral. |
sessile, brown to yellow-green, obovoid, compressed, abaxially and laterally keeled, 2–2.2 × 1.7–1.8 mm, lateral keels without points; beak erect, 0.5–0.6 mm; sides with 1–3 tubercules near base; embryo with 1 full spiral. |
Rhizome(s) | present. |
absent. |
2n | = 52. |
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Potamogeton richardsonii |
Potamogeton clystocarpus |
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Phenology | Flowering summer–fall. | Flowering and fruiting spring–summer. |
Habitat | Alkaline waters of lakes, streams, and rivers | Small streams |
Elevation | 0–3000 m (0–9800 ft) | ca. 1800 m (ca. 5900 ft) |
Distribution |
AK; CA; CO; CT; IA; ID; IL; IN; MA; ME; MI; MN; MT; ND; NE; NH; NV; NY; OH; OR; PA; SD; UT; VT; WA; WI; WY; AB; BC; MB; NB; NS; NT; ON; QC; SK; YT
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TX |
Discussion | Potamogeton richardsonii is quite similar to P. perfoliatus. Specific characteristics to separate the two species are the shape of the leaf blade apex, acute in P. richardsonii and obtuse in P. perfoliatus, and the condition of the stipules, disintegrating between the veins leaving fibrous strands in P. richardsonii, and the entire stipule, including the veins, disintegrating in P. perfoliatus. Two hybrids, Potamogeton gramineus × P. richardsonii (= P. × hagstroemii A. Bennett [as hagstromii]) and P. nodosus × P. richardsonii (= P. × rectifolius A. Bennett), have been described. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Potamogeton clystocarpus is an extremely limited species known from only one canyon in west Texas. Of conservation concern. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 22. | FNA vol. 22. |
Parent taxa | Potamogetonaceae > Potamogeton | Potamogetonaceae > Potamogeton |
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Synonyms | P. perfoliatus var. richardsonii, P. perfoliatus subsp. richardsonii | |
Name authority | (A. Bennett) Rydberg: Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 32: 599. (1905) | Fernald: Memoirs of the american academy of arts and science n.s. 17:79, plates 15, 30, fig. 5. (1932) |
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