Kickxia elatine (L.) Dumort.

First published in Fl. Belg.: 35 (1827)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Macaronesia, Europe to Central Asia and N. Somalia. It is an annual and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Madeira, Netherlands, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Somalia, Spain, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Arkansas, Bermuda, British Columbia, California, Cape Provinces, Chile Central, Connecticut, Cuba, Delaware, Denmark, Georgia, Great Britain, Haiti, Illinois, Indiana, Ireland, Juan Fernández Is., Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Michigan, Missouri, New Caledonia, New Jersey, New York, New Zealand North, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., Réunion, South Carolina, Sweden, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Uruguay, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

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  • Doucette, E.T. (2014). Two new vascular plant taxa established in Maine. Rhodora. Journal of the New England Botanical Club 116: 348-351.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2019). Flora of North America North of Mexico 17: 1-737. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Jones, R.L. (2005). Plant life of Kentucky. An illustrated guide to the vascular flora: 1-833. The universitry press of Kentucky.
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  • Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
  • Schischkin, B.K. & al. (eds.) (1954). Flora Turkmenii 6: 1-402. Turkmenskoe gosudarstvennoe izd., Ashkhabad.
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  • Vvedensky, A.I. (ed.) (1961). Flora Uzbekistana 5: 1-667. Izd-va Akademii nauk Uzbekskoi SSR, Tashkent.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mabille, P. [s.n.] France K000806711 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sheahan, M.C. [302] United Kingdom K001890842 No
Gandoger [s.n.] France K000806712 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cope, T.A. [RBG 469] United Kingdom K000914371 Yes
Gonzalo, H. [5513] Spain K000806713 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gonzalo, H. [5514] Spain K000806714 Unknown Type Material Yes
Haussknecht, C. [s.n.] Germany K000806716 Unknown Type Material Yes
Christenhuis, M.J.M. [6819] United Kingdom K000696727 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K000806715 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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  • Kew Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images
  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0