Elodea densa (Planch.) Casp. belongs to the Hydrocharitaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.

Stevens, W. D 27279

June 15, 2008

Location

Nicaragua, Matagalpa

12.996944, -85.908889

Location Remarks

Hotel Selva Negra; artificial pond near gate, below restaurant. 1250 m elev.

Collectors

W. Douglas Stevens, Indiana Coronado, Olga Martha Montiel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, M. Salazar

Notes

Submerged in pond, flowers emergent, white

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Alismatales

Family

Hydrocharitaceae

Genus

Elodea

Specific Epithet

densa

Authorship

(Planch.) Casp.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 5.3

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.4

Global rank

#126,013 of 335,497

Top 38%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →

Synonyms (1)

Egeria densa Planch.

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy