Native to 182 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Northern America, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
Peru, Cusco, Calca
-12.983889, -72.063333
Location Remarks
Distrito Lares. Manto. Bosque intervenido en el borde de la carretera. 6292 m elev.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
United States, Oregon, Harney
42.666944, -118.711194
Location Remarks
South Steens Mountain Loop, c. 6 km east of bridge at Donner and Blitzen River. 1806 m elev.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, Charlotte M. Taylor, Roy E. Gereau, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Abundant aquatic in the canal current; context of farm land within sagebrush steppe.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Potamogetonaceae
Genus
Zannichellia
Specific Epithet
palustris
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 6.7
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.3
Global rank
#153,252 of 335,497
Top 46%
Extinction probability
6%