Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Lilianae > Order Alismatales > Family Hydrocharitaceae > Genus Elodea

Elodea canadensis Michx.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Elodea*	Rich.	accepted genus name
*Helodea*		orthographic variant

Species group names

*Anacharis alsinastrum*	Planch.	heterotypic synonym
*Anacharis canadensis*	Planch.	heterotypic synonym
*Udora canadensis*	Nutt.	heterotypic synonym
*Helodea canadensis*		orthographic variant

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: elodea sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Dutch: Brede waterpest sources: Dutch Species Register

English: Canadian pondweed; Canadian waterweed sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))

English-United States: Canadian pondweed; Canadian Waterweed sources: Charles Hussey

Galician: Tím uisce

Irish: Tím uisce sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))

Norwegian Bokmål: vasspest

Norwegian Nynorsk: vasspest

Spanish, Castillian: elodea; peste de las aguas sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Swedish: vattenpest

Welsh: ffugalaw Canada

Literature

nomenclatural reference	Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1. 1803.

Genbank

Citation

Uotila, P. (2009): Hydrocharitaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Elodea canadensis Michx.. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?UUID=0234959D-CB38-400A-80AA-1C23948481AD