Herbaria

Family

Potamogetonaceae

subfamily

Genus

Potamogeton L.

Species

Potamogeton crispus L.

herbariaSubsps

herbariaVariety

Authority

L.

citation

Sp. Pl. ed.1: 126 (1753)

herbariaSynonyms

DiagnosticCharacters

herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory

CAI (Mm - Nv- Nn)

TANE (Mm- Nv)

herbariaSubLocality

TANE (Lake Mariut Natonal road Damietta branch Elmahala Alex Lake Mariut Damietta branch Elmahala Alex Lake Mariut)

herbariaDetailedLocality

herbariaDate

herbariaCollector

herbariaCollectorNo

herbariaNoOfSheets

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

CAI

TANE

herbariaBarCode

herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

CAI (119)

TANE (20)

Habitat

irrigation canals and still water

FlFrperiod

March-August

LifeForm

Hydrophyte

LifeSpan

Perennial

herbariaArabicName

Zelf زلف

Horreish حريشه

Ghazl غزل

Khas خس

Ghazl maia غزل ميه

EnglishName

curled pondweed - curly-leaf pondweed,

herbariaUses

medicinal

food

GlobalDistribution

Temperate Europe, Africa, Asia, introduced into North South America

Chorology

herbariaIUCNcategriesAvailable

LC (Least Concern)

herbariaBibliography

herbariaFullCitation

Ali, M.M. &Boulos, L.2005. Potamogetonaceae in Flora of Egypt, vol 4. Al Hadara publishing, Cairo, Egypt

Boulos, L. 2009. Flora of Egypt Checklist, Revised annotated edition, Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo, Egypt

Täckholm, V. 1974. Students' Flora of Egypt ed.2. Cairo University

Täckholm, V, Täckholm, G. and Drar. 1941. Flora of Egypt. Vol.1:Bull.Fac.Sci. 17: 1-557

El Hadidi, M.N.& Fayed, A. 1994/95. Materials for Excursion Flora of Egypt (EFE). Taeckholmia 15