''Stuckenia'' is a genus of flowering aquatic plants. It contains approximately 30 species that grow in shallow water. Pondweed is a common name for plants in this genus.
Description
These herbs have rhizomes but not turions. Tubers can be absent or present. The main difference between ''Stuckenia'' and ''Potamogeton'' is that the
stipule
In botany, a stipule is an outgrowth typically borne on both sides (sometimes on just one side) of the base of a leafstalk (the petiole). Stipules are considered part of the anatomy of the leaf of a typical flowering plant, although in many speci ...
joins the leaf base. When it is pulled the sheath and stipule comes away, similar to a grass sheath and
ligule A ligule (from "strap", variant of ''lingula'', from ''lingua'' "tongue") is a thin outgrowth at the junction of leaf and leafstalk of many Poaceae, grasses (Poaceae) and Cyperaceae, sedges. A ligule is also a strap-shaped extension of the corolla ...
.
Species
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Stuckenia aldanensis
''Stuckenia'' is a genus of flowering aquatic plants. It contains approximately 30 species that grow in shallow water. Pondweed is a common name for plants in this genus.
Description
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Stuckenia amblyophylla''
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Stuckenia arctovaginata''
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Stuckenia austrosibirica
''Stuckenia'' is a genus of flowering aquatic plants. It contains approximately 30 species that grow in shallow water. Pondweed is a common name for plants in this genus.
Description
These herbs have rhizomes but not turions. Tubers can be absen ...
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Stuckenia borealis
''Stuckenia'' is a genus of flowering aquatic plants. It contains approximately 30 species that grow in shallow water. Pondweed is a common name for plants in this genus.
Description
These herbs have rhizomes but not turions. Tubers can be absen ...
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Stuckenia bottnica
''Stuckenia'' is a genus of flowering aquatic plants. It contains approximately 30 species that grow in shallow water. Pondweed is a common name for plants in this genus.
Description
These herbs have rhizomes but not turions. Tubers can be absen ...
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Stuckenia carbonata
''Stuckenia'' is a genus of flowering aquatic plants. It contains approximately 30 species that grow in shallow water. Pondweed is a common name for plants in this genus.
Description
These herbs have rhizomes but not turions. Tubers can be absen ...
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Stuckenia chakassiensis''
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Stuckenia clavata''
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Stuckenia fennica
''Stuckenia'' is a genus of flowering aquatic plants. It contains approximately 30 species that grow in shallow water. Pondweed is a common name for plants in this genus.
Description
These herbs have rhizomes but not turions. Tubers can be absen ...
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Stuckenia filiformis'' (slenderleaf-pondweed)
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Stuckenia gibbosa
''Stuckenia'' is a genus of flowering aquatic plants. It contains approximately 30 species that grow in shallow water. Pondweed is a common name for plants in this genus.
Description
These herbs have rhizomes but not turions. Tubers can be absen ...
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Stuckenia helvetica''
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Stuckenia interior''
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Stuckenia macrocarpa''
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Stuckenia marina
''Stuckenia'' is a genus of flowering aquatic plants. It contains approximately 30 species that grow in shallow water. Pondweed is a common name for plants in this genus.
Description
These herbs have rhizomes but not turions. Tubers can be absen ...
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Stuckenia matyrensis''
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Stuckenia meinshausenii''
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Stuckenia mirabilis''
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Stuckenia mongolica''
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Stuckenia omoloica''
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Stuckenia palaeofiliformis''
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Stuckenia pamirica''
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Stuckenia pectinata'' (fennel pondweed, sago pondweed)
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Stuckenia praepectinata''
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Stuckenia praevaginata''
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Stuckenia pseudorostrata''
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Stuckenia punensis''
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Stuckenia sakmarensis''
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Stuckenia striata
''Stuckenia striata'' is a species of aquatic plant known by the common names broadleaf pondweed Nevada pondweed and striped pondweed. It is native to the Americas, including the southwestern United States, northern Mexico, and parts of Central a ...
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Stuckenia subretusa''
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Stuckenia suecica''
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Stuckenia tenuicarpa
''Stuckenia'' is a genus of flowering aquatic plants. It contains approximately 30 species that grow in shallow water. Pondweed is a common name for plants in this genus.
Description
These herbs have rhizomes but not turions. Tubers can be absen ...
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Stuckenia vaginata'' (sheathed pondweed)
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Stuckenia vaginatoides''
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Stuckenia zosteracea''
References
:* Börner, C. 1912. Botanisch-systematische Notizen. Abhandl. Naturwiss. Vereine. Bremen 21: 245-282.
:* Doweld, A. B. 2015. On the nomenclature of fossil Stuckenia (Potamogetonaceae). Phytotaxa 236: 86-90.
:* Holub, J. 1997. ''Stuckenia'' Börner 1912--the correct name for Coleogeton (Potamogetonaceae). Preslia 69: 361-366.
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The INTERNATIONAL FOSSIL PLANT NAMES INDEX, 23-Mar-16:* Les, D. H. and R. R. Haynes. 1996. Coleogeton (Potamogetonaceae), a new genus of pondweeds. Novon 6: 389-391.
:* Moore, E. 1913. The potamogetons in relation to pond culture. Bull Bureau Fish. 33: 251-291.
:* Reveal, J. L. 1977. Potamogetonaceae. In: A. Cronquist et al. 1972+. Intermountain Flora. Vascular Plants of the :* Intermountain West, U.S.A. 4+ vols. New York and London. Vol. 6, pp. 24-42.
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Potamogetonaceae
Alismatales genera