| Accepted name: |
Potamogeton natans L. |
| Synonym(s): |
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| English names: |
Broad-leaved Pondweed
Common Floating Pondweed
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| French names: |
Potamot flottant
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Potamogetonales
Family: Potamogetonaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HPOTNA
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2.5 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Compound poultice bound to "soreness all over in men from being witched." Decoction of plant taken as ceremonial emetic(*19)(3). |
| Key Characters: |
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