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Echinodorus tenellus (Mart. ex Schult. f.) Buchenau
mudbabies

       
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Line Drawing of Echinodorus tenellus (Mart. ex Schult. f.) Buchenau
Helianthium parvulum

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 95. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Echinodorus tenellus (Mart. ex Schult. f.) Buchenau

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Synonyms:
Echinodorus tenellus (Mart. ex Schult. f.) Buchenau

  ECPA6 Echinodorus parvulus Engelm.
  ECTEL Echinodorus tenellus (Mart. ex Schult. f.) Buchenau var. latifolius (Seub.) Fassett
  ECTEP Echinodorus tenellus (Mart. ex Schult. f.) Buchenau var. parvulus (Engelm.) Fassett
  HEPA21 Helianthium parvulum (Engelm.) Britton
  HETE13 Helianthium tenellum (Mart. ex Schult. f.) Britton
 

Distribution:
Echinodorus tenellus (Mart. ex Schult. f.) Buchenau

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USA (AL, AR, CT, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MI, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OK, SC, TX, VA), USA+ (PR)
 

Related Taxa:
Echinodorus tenellus (Mart. ex Schult. f.) Buchenau

View 5 genera in Alismataceae, 5 species in Echinodorus
 

Classification:
Echinodorus tenellus (Mart. ex Schult. f.) Buchenau

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass Alismatidae
Order Alismatales
Family Alismataceae – Water-plantain family
Genus Echinodorus Rich. ex Engelm. – burhead
Species Echinodorus tenellus (Mart. ex Schult. f.) Buchenau – mudbabies
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Echinodorus tenellus (Mart. ex Schult. f.) Buchenau

This plant and synonyms italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Connecticut:
Echinodorus tenellus var. parvulus
bur-head              Endangered
Illinois:
small burhead              Endangered
Indiana:
Echinodorus parvulus
little bur-head              Endangered
Kentucky:
Echinodorus parvulus
dwarf burhead              Endangered
Michigan:
dwarf burhead              Endangered
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Echinodorus tenellus (Mart. ex Schult. f.) Buchenau

Echinodorus parvulus:

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACW,OBL OBL OBL OBL NO FACW OBL NO NO NO NO NO OBL OBL
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More Accounts and Images:
Echinodorus tenellus (Mart. ex Schult. f.) Buchenau

View species account from The Center for Plant Conservation.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 38899.

 
 
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