Egeria densa

TaxID: 55453

Basic Information

Egeria densa

Brazilian Elodea, Egeria

Elodea densa, the large-flowered waterweed or Brazilian waterweed, is a species of Elodea native to warm temperate South America in southeastern Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay. It is considered a problematic invasive species due to its use in home aquariums and subsequent release into non-native ecosystems.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Alismatales

Hydrocharitaceae

Egeria

densa

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Egeria densa
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(c) 山羌@BY-NC
Egeria densa
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(c) Sune Holt@BY-NC
Egeria densa
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(c) Gabriel Campbell-Martinez@BY
Egeria densa
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(c) unknown@CC0
Egeria densa
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(c) Sergey Mayorov@BY-NC

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 (6 records)

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

Country Status Year Added
Spain Regulated Invasive Alien Plant 2011
Estonia Regulated Invasive Alien Plant 2007
Indonesia Absent —
Jordan A1 list 2013
Sri Lanka Quarantine pests —
Seychelles Quarantine pests —

Distribution (28 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

27
Present
1
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Algeria Present —
Argentina Present —
Australia Present
Austria Absent —
Belgium Present —
Bangladesh Present —
Brazil Present —
Canada Present
Switzerland Present —
Chile Present —
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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 (19 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
VPSBC1065-13 - rbcLa 552 Canada 1989-09-04 48.43, -123.52
SDH3560-15 - rbcLa 552 United States 1977-07-07 -
GBVY396-14 - rbcL 510 Iceland - 66.1058, -17.3568
GBVW451-13 - rbcL 545 Netherlands 2005-06-30 52.134052, 5.5541363
GBVW450-13 - rbcL 550 Belgium 2005-06-30 50.618214, 4.67501
GBVW449-13 - rbcL 550 Malaysia 2005-06-29 3.671661, 114.6333
GBVW448-13 - rbcL 550 Netherlands 2005-06-25 52.134052, 5.5541363
GBVW447-13 - rbcL 550 Netherlands 2005-06-30 52.134052, 5.5541363
GBVW446-13 - rbcL 550 Netherlands 2005-06-29 52.134052, 5.5541363
GBVW445-13 - rbcL 550 Malaysia 2005-06-30 3.671661, 114.6333
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Literature