Scientific or common name:

Sparganium natans L.

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TYPHACEAE - Cat-tail family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

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Taxon Page:

Name: Sparganium natans L.
Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl.: 971 (1753)
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Small bur-reed
Italian name: Coltellaccio minore

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Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Sparganium minimum (L.) Fr., nom. illeg.
= Sparganium minimum Wallr.
= Sparganium natans L. var. minimum L.

Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Sparganium natans L. var. minimum L.

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TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: Commelinidae
Order: Typhales
Family: Typhaceae
Genus: Sparganium
Species:

1) Sparganium acaule (Beeby ex Macoun) Rydb. 2) Sparganium americanum Nutt. 3) Sparganium androcladum (Engelm.) Morong 4) Sparganium androcladum (Engelm.) Morong var. fluctuans Engelm. ex Morong 5) Sparganium angustifolium Michx. 6) Sparganium californicum Greene 7) Sparganium chlorocarpum Rydb. 8) Sparganium chlorocarpum Rydb. var. acaule (Beeby ex Macoun) Fernald 9) Sparganium emersum Rehmann 10) Sparganium emersum Rehmann ssp. emersum 11) Sparganium emersum Rehmann var. angustifolium (Michx.) Roy L. Taylor & MacBryde 12) Sparganium emersum Rehmann var. multipedunculatum (Morong) Reveal 13) Sparganium erectum L. 14) Sparganium erectum L. ssp. stoloniferum (Graebn.) H. Hara 15) Sparganium erectum L. var. glomeratum Beurling ex Laest. 16) Sparganium eurycarpum Engelm. 17) Sparganium eurycarpum Engelm. ssp. eurycarpum 18) Sparganium eurycarpum Engelm. var. greenei (Morong) Graebn. 19) Sparganium fluctuans (Engelm. ex Morong) B.L. Rob. 20) Sparganium glomeratum (Beurling ex Laest.) L. Neum. 21) Sparganium greenei Morong 22) Sparganium hyperboreum Beurling ex Laest. 23) Sparganium lucidum Fernald & Eames 24) Sparganium minimum (L.) Fr., nom. illeg. 25) Sparganium minimum Wallr. 26) Sparganium multipedunculatum (Morong) Rydb. 27) Sparganium natans L. 28) Sparganium natans L. var. minimum L. 29) Sparganium simplex Huds.

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, ID, IL, IN, MA, ME, MI, MN, MT, NH, NJ, NY, OR, PA, RI, UT, VT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), FRA (SPM)


Map for Sparganium natans L.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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Kingdoms
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1) Fungi 2) Plantae

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Divisions
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1) Anthocerotophyta (Hornworts) 2) Bryophyta (Mosses) 3) Chlorophyta (Green algae) 4) Coniferophyta (Conifers) 5) Cycadophyta (Cycads) 6) Equisetophyta (Horsetails) 7) Ginkgophyta (Ginkgo) 8) Gnetophyta (Gnetophytes) 9) Hepaticophyta (Liverworts) 10) Lycopodiophyta (Lycopods) 11) Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants) 12) Psilophyta (Whisk-ferns) 13) Pteridophyta (Ferns)

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Classes
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1) Liliopsida (Monocotyledons) 2) Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledons)

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Families
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1) Acoraceae (Calamus family) 2) Agavaceae (Century-plant family) 3) Alismataceae (Water-plantain family) 4) Aloaceae (Aloe family) 5) Amaryllidaceae (Amaryllis family.) 6) Aponogetonaceae (Cape-pondweed family) 7) Araceae (Arum family) 8) Arecaceae (Palm family) 9) Asparagaceae (Asparagus family) 10) Asphodelaceae (Asphodel family) 11) Bromeliaceae (Bromeliad family) 12) Burmanniaceae (Burmannia family) 13) Butomaceae (Flowering Rush family) 14) Cannaceae (Canna family) 15) Colchicaceae 16) Commelinaceae (Spiderwort family) 17) Costaceae (Costus family) 18) Cyclanthaceae (Panama Hat family) 19) Cymodoceaceae (Manatee-grass family) 20) Cyperaceae (Sedge family) 21) Dioscoreaceae (Yam family) 22) Eriocaulaceae (Pipewort family) 23) Flagellariaceae (Flagellaria family) 24) Haemodoraceae (Bloodwort family) 25) Hanguanaceae (Hanguana family) 26) Heliconiaceae (Heliconia family) 27) Hydrocharitaceae (Tape-grass family) 28) Iridaceae (Iris family) 29) Joinvilleaceae (Joinvillea family) 30) Juncaceae (Rush family) 31) Juncaginaceae (Arrow-grass family) 32) Lemnaceae (Duckweed family) 33) Liliaceae (Lily family) 34) Limnocharitaceae (Water-poppy family) 35) Marantaceae (Prayer-Plant family) 36) Mayacaceae (Mayaca family) 37) Melanthiaceae (Bunchflower family) 38) Musaceae (Banana family) 39) Najadaceae (Water-nymph family) 40) Orchidaceae (Orchid family) 41) Pandanaceae (Screw-pine family) 42) Philydraceae (Philydraceae family) 43) Poaceae (Grass family) 44) Pontederiaceae (Water-Hyacinth family) 45) Posidoniaceae (Posidonia family) 46) Potamogetonaceae (Pondweed family) 47) Ruppiaceae (Ditch-grass family) 48) Scheuchzeriaceae (Scheuchzeria family) 49) Smilacaceae (Catbrier family) 50) Stemonaceae (Stemona family) 51) Strelitziaceae (Bird of Paradise Flower fam) 52) Taccaceae (Tacca family) 53) Tofieldiaceae (Tofieldia family) 54) Triuridaceae (Triurus family) 55) Typhaceae (Cat-tail family) 56) Xyridaceae (Yellow-eyed Grass family) 57) Zingiberaceae (Ginger family) 58) Zosteraceae (Eel-grass family)

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Genera (Typhaceae)
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1) Sparganium (bur-reed) 2) Typha (cattail)

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Common names (Sparganium)
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1) American bur-reed (Sparganium americanum) 2) Branched bur-reed (Sparganium androcladum) 3) Broadfruit bur-reed (Sparganium eurycarpum) 4) Clustered bur-reed (Sparganium glomeratum) 5) European bur-reed (Sparganium emersum) 6) Floating bur-reed (Sparganium fluctuans) 7) Narrowleaf bur-reed (Sparganium angustifolium) 8) Northern bur-reed (Sparganium hyperboreum) 9) Simplestem bur-reed (Sparganium erectum) 10) Small bur-reed (Sparganium natans)

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More species:
1) Sparganium natans L. var. minimum L. [80]
2) Sparganium simplex Huds. [93]
3) Spartina alterniflora Loisel. [1306]
4) Spartina alterniflora Loisel. var. pilosa (Merr.) Fernald [177]
5) Spartina cynosuroides (L.) Roth [489]
6) Spartina maritima (M.A. Curtis) Fernald [812]
7) Spartina patens (Aiton) Muhl. var. juncea (Michx.) Hitchc. [137]
8) Spartium junceum L. [1377]
9) Spathulata spuria (M. Bieb.) A. Löve & D. Löve [172]
10) Specularia perfoliata (L.) A. DC. [190]

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