Plantae > Tracheophyta > Liliopsida > Alismatales > Potamogetonaceae > Potamogeton > Potamogeton alpinusPotamogeton alpinus (alpine pondweed)Synonyms: Potamogeton alpinus var. alpinus; Potamogeton alpinus var. lacustris; Potamogeton alpinus var. spathulatus; Potamogeton caspargi; Potamogeton lucens var. alpinus; Potamogeton microstachys; Potamogeton obtusus var. alpinus; Potamogeton purpurascens; Potamogeton rufescens f. alpinus; Potamogeton rufescens var. alpinus; Potamogeton rufescens var. angustifolius; Potamogeton rufescens var. rivularis; Potamogeton rufescens var. spathulatus Potamogeton alpinus is a species of perennial aquatic plant known by the common names alpine pondweed and red pondweed. It is widespread in the northern hemisphere in both rivers and lakes with good water quality. |
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Species |
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Barents Sea Drainages |
Finland, Norway, Russia, Svalbard |
Palearctic |
Polar Freshwaters |
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Cantabric Coast - Languedoc |
France, Spain |
Palearctic |
Temperate Coastal Rivers |
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Central & Western Europe |
Austria, Belgium, Byelarus, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom |
Palearctic |
Temperate Floodplain River and Wetlands |
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Eastern Iberia |
Andorra, France, Spain |
Palearctic |
Temperate Coastal Rivers |
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Lake Onega - Lake Ladoga |
Finland, Russia |
Palearctic |
Large Lakes |
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Northern Baltic Drainages |
Denmark, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden |
Palearctic |
Polar Freshwaters |
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Norwegian Sea Drainages |
Norway, Sweden |
Palearctic |
Polar Freshwaters |
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Upper Danube |
Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland |
Palearctic |
Temperate Floodplain River and Wetlands |
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Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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