PLANTS Profile for Echinodorus berteroi (upright burhead)

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Echinodorus berteroi (Spreng.) Fassett
upright burhead

Symbol:

ECBE2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Alismataceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
HI		I?
PR		N
VI		N

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Echinodorus berteroi (Spreng.) Fassett

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Synonyms:
Echinodorus berteroi (Spreng.) Fassett

	ECBEL	Echinodorus berteroi (Spreng.) Fassett var. lanceolatus (Engelm. ex S. Watson & J.M. Coult.) Fassett
	ECRO	Echinodorus rostratus (Nutt.) Engelm.
	ECROL	Echinodorus rostratus (Nutt.) Engelm. var. lanceolatus Engelm. ex S. Watson & J.M. Coult.

Distribution:
Echinodorus berteroi (Spreng.) Fassett


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AR, AZ, CA, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MO, MS, NE, NM, NV, OH, OK, SD, TN, TX, UT, WI), USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Echinodorus berteroi (Spreng.) Fassett

View 5 genera in Alismataceae, 5 species in Echinodorus

Classification:
Echinodorus berteroi (Spreng.) Fassett

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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 berteroi (Spreng.) Fassett – upright burhead

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Echinodorus berteroi (Spreng.) Fassett

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.

Indiana:
		Extirpated
Kentucky:
burhead		Threatened
Ohio:
Echinodorus rostratus
bur-head		Endangered
Tennessee:
Echinodorus rostratus
erect burhead		Special Concern

Introduced Information:
Echinodorus berteroi (Spreng.) Fassett

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Echinodorus berteroi (Spreng.) Fassett

Echinodorus rostratus:

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 2

Reg. 3

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Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

OBL

NI*

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Echinodorus berteroi (Spreng.) Fassett

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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

View species account, photographs, 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 182443.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/12/2008 04:54 AM MDT