Potamogeton pusillus

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Potamogeton pusillus

Description

Flowers 4-7, usually with 4 carpels. Fruit 2-2.5 mm, olive-green.

Distribution

Amazonia absent, America present, Asia-Temperate, Asia-Tropical: Philippines (Philippines present), Enga Province present, Europe present, Japan present, Luzon present, N Africa present, Papua New Guinea present, Russia present, West Asia present
Widely distributed (America except Amazonia, Europe, N Africa, West Asia, Russia, China, Japan); in Malesia: Philippines (Luzon), Papua New Guinea (Enga Province).

Notes

Potamogeton pusillus is rare in Malesia. Most records refer to confusions with P. octandrus.

Citation

Hagstr. 1916 – In: Kungl. Svenska Vetenskapsakad. Handl.: 98
A.Benn. 1914 – In: Philipp. J. Sc., Bot.: 342
Mendoza & Del Rosario 1967: Philipp. Aquat. Flow. Pl. Ferns: 42
Leach & Osborne 1985: Freshw. Pl. Papua New Guinea: 226