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Hydrilla verticillata(HYLLI)

Overview

Data shown below are extracted from EPPO Global Database
https://gd.eppo.int/taxon/HYLLI
EPPO GD contains information about geographical distribution, host plants, and more...
Important note: GD is not a primary source for taxonomy (classification and nomenclature) and should not be considered as such. The EPPO Secretariat follows different sources (literature, databases) to provide some elements of taxonomy to its users. However, it does not attempt to provide all levels of the taxonomic tree or exhaustive lists of accepted taxa.
Basic information
  • EPPO code: HYLLI
  • Preferred name: Hydrilla verticillata
  • Authority: (Linnaeus) Royle

Other scientific names
Name Authority
Hydrilla lithuanica (Besser) Dandy
Vallisneria verticillata (Linnaeus) Roxburgh

Common names
Name Language
Grundnessel German
quirlblättrige Grundnessel German
Esthwaite waterweed English (GB)
Florida elodea English
hydrilla English (US)
water-thyme English
elodea de Florida Spanish
hydrilla Spanish
hydrille de Lithuanie French
jhangi Hindi
sevar Hindi
peste d'acqua Italian
kuromo Japanese
クルモ Japanese
검정말 Korean
geom jeong mal Korean
menturlapė ežerutė Lithuanian
mieturu hidrilla Latvian
hydrilla Dutch
гидрилла мутовчатая Russian
hei zao Chinese
黑藻 Chinese
Taxonomy
Kingdom Plantae ( 1PLAK )
Phylum Magnoliophyta ( 1MAGP )
Class Angiospermae ( 1ANGC )
Category Basal monocotyledons ( 1MOND )
Order Alismatales ( 1ALIO )
Family Hydrocharitaceae ( 1HYDF )
Genus Hydrilla ( 1HYLG )
Species Hydrilla verticillata ( HYLLI )