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Lagarosiphon major (Ridley) Moss
oxygen-weed

       
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Related Taxa:
Lagarosiphon major (Ridley) Moss

View 14 genera in Hydrocharitaceae, 1 species in Lagarosiphon
 

Classification:
Lagarosiphon major (Ridley) Moss

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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 Hydrocharitales
Family Hydrocharitaceae – Tape-grass family
Genus Lagarosiphon Harv. – oxygen-weed
Species Lagarosiphon major (Ridley) Moss – oxygen-weed
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Lagarosiphon major (Ridley) Moss

This plant and the related entities 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 noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

United States:
oxygen weed              Noxious weed
Alabama:
oxygen weed              Class A noxious weed
California:
oxygen weed              Quarantine
Florida:
Lagarosiphon
African elodea              Prohibited aquatic plant, Class 1
Massachusetts:
oxygen weed              Prohibited
North Carolina:
Lagarosiphon
African elodea              Class A noxious weed
Oregon:
oxygen weed              Quarantine
South Carolina:
African oxygen weed              Invasive aquatic plant
oxygen weed              Plant pest
Texas:
lagarosiphon              Noxious plant
Vermont:
oxygen weed              Class A noxious weed
Washington:
African elodea              Wetland and aquatic weed quarantine
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Lagarosiphon major (Ridley) Moss

African elodea
South African oxygen weed
oxygen weed
Lagarosiphon
African elodea

This plant and the related entity italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

US        Plant Protection and Quarantine. 2006. Federal noxious weed list (24 May 2006). USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Washington, DC. 2pp.
STATE        Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
 

More Accounts and Images:
Lagarosiphon major (Ridley) Moss

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 565981.

 

Related Web Sites:
Lagarosiphon major (Ridley) Moss

Akvarie Guiden: image of plant in aquarium (in Swedish)

Aquatic, Wetland and Invasive Plant Information Retrieval System: line drawing

New Zealand Environment Bay of Plenty: abstract & images

 
 
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