Lagarosiphon major

TaxID: 55468

Basic Information

Lagarosiphon major

African elodea, Curly Waterweed

Lagarosiphon major is a monocotic aquatic plant native to Southern Africa. Common names include African elodea, curly waterweed, oxygen weed and South African oxygen weed. It is used as freshwater aquarium plant. It is an invasive plant in some countries. In New Zealand it is listed on the National Pest Plant Accord, and it is classed as a noxious weed in the United States. Lagarosiphon major was added to the European Union's List of Invasive Alien Species of Union concern on 3 August 2016, meaning that C amongst other things C it is illegal to sell it anywhere in the European Union or to dump it in the environment.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Alismatales

Hydrocharitaceae

Lagarosiphon

major

nan

Photos (5 photos)

Lagarosiphon major
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(c) Jon Mortin@BY
Lagarosiphon major
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(c) Davide Grigoletto@BY-NC
Lagarosiphon major
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(c) Rob Palmer@BY-NC-SA
Lagarosiphon major
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(c) Ricky Taylor@BY-NC
Lagarosiphon major
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(c) Rob Palmer@BY-NC-SA

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (30 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Austria IAS of Union concern 2016
Belgium IAS of Union concern 2016
Bulgaria IAS of Union concern 2016
Cyprus IAS of Union concern 2016
Czechia IAS of Union concern 2016
Germany IAS of Union concern 2016
Denmark IAS of Union concern 2016
Spain IAS of Union concern 2016
Estonia IAS of Union concern 2016
Finland IAS of Union concern 2016
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Distribution (26 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

24
Present
2
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Australia Present —
Austria Absent —
Belgium Present —
Botswana Present —
Switzerland Present —
Germany Present —
Spain Present —
France Present —
United Kingdom Present —
Georgia Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

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