Native to 62 botanical countries across Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, and Australasia; introduced into California, France, Germany, Great Britain, Mauritius, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Tasmania, Victoria (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
South Africa, Mpumalanga, Ehlanzeni (Thaba Chweu, Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden | Lydenburg)
-25.315833, 30.495278
Location Remarks
Rhodes Dr., Newlands, Cape Town
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
United States, California, Alameda County (Berkeley, UC Berkeley Botanical Garden)
37.87544, -122.238724
Location Remarks
Strawberry Canyon, University of California campus, city of Berkeley
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Aponogetonaceae
Genus
Aponogeton
Authorship
L.f.