Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Assessed: 2010
Assessor/s: Zhuang, X.
Reviewer/s: Homsombath, K., Bounphanmy, S., Juffe Bignoli, D. & Meng, M.
Justification: This is a widespread species which faces no major threat. It is listed as Least Concern.
Conservation Actions: No conservation measures in place.
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Buccaferrea pusilla (L.) Bubani |
| synonym | Potamogeton aschersonii A.Benn. |
| synonym | Potamogeton aschersonii f. pusilloides Hagstr. |
| synonym | Potamogeton badius Hagstr. |
| synonym | Potamogeton berteroanus Phil. |
| synonym | Potamogeton caespitosus Humn. |
| synonym | Potamogeton compressus var. elongatus Wahlenb. |
| synonym | Potamogeton denticulatus Link |
| synonym | Potamogeton dualis Hagstr. |
| synonym | Potamogeton exiguus Hagstr. |
| synonym | Potamogeton gracilis Fr., nom. illeg. |
| synonym | Potamogeton lateralis f. incompletus Hagstr. |
| synonym | Potamogeton lateralis f. subcompletus Hagstr. |
| synonym | Potamogeton millardii Hesl.-Harr. |
| synonym | Potamogeton panormitanus Biv. |
| synonym | Potamogeton panormitanus var. major G.Fisch. |
| synonym | Potamogeton panormitanus var. minor Biv. |
| synonym | Potamogeton pusilliformis Hagstr. |
| synonym | Potamogeton pusillus subsp. argentinus A.Benn. |
| synonym | Potamogeton pusillus subsp. sturrockii (A.Benn.) Hook.f. |
| synonym | Potamogeton pusillus var. africanus A.Benn. |
| synonym | Potamogeton pusillus var. capillaris Gaudin |
| synonym | Potamogeton pusillus var. capitatus A.Benn. |
| synonym | Potamogeton pusillus var. elongatus A.Benn. ex Macoun |
| synonym | Potamogeton pusillus var. lacunatus Fernald |
| synonym | Potamogeton pusillus var. latifolius Celak., nom. illeg. |
| synonym | Potamogeton pusillus var. longipedunculatus Hicken |
| synonym | Potamogeton pusillus var. major Fr., nom. illeg. |
| synonym | Potamogeton pusillus var. minor (Biv. ex Guss.) Fernald & B.G.Schub. |
| synonym | Potamogeton pusillus var. panormitanus (Biv.) Nyman |
| synonym | Potamogeton pusillus var. pseudorutilus A.Benn. |
| synonym | Potamogeton pusillus var. sphaerocarpus K.Schum. |
| synonym | Potamogeton pusillus var. tenuifolius K.Schum. |
| synonym | Potamogeton pusillus var. typicus Fernald, nom. inval. |
| synonym | Potamogeton pusillus var. vulgaris Fr., nom. inval. |
| synonym | Potamogeton reichenbachii M.Loehr ex Beurl. |
| synonym | Potamogeton rutilus subsp. caespitosus (Humn.) Nyman |
| synonym | Potamogeton sturrockii A.Benn. |
| synonym | Potamogeton subjavanicus Hagstr. |
| synonym | Potamogeton subtrichodes Schur |
| synonym | Potamogeton tenuifolius F.Phil., nom. illeg. |
| synonym | Potamogeton tenuissimus Hook.f., nom. illeg. |
| synonym | Potamogeton trichoides Benth., nom. illeg. |
| synonym | Potamogeton trinervius G.Fisch. |
| synonym | Potamogeton turionifer Hagstr. |
| synonym | Potamogeton turionifer var. mucronulatus Hagstr. |
| synonym | Potamogeton turionifer var. tenuis Hagstr. |
| synonym | Spirillus pusillus (L.) Nieuwl. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Habitat

Freshwater
Habitat and Ecology: It occurs in standing or slow-flowing water in a wide range of habitats, including sheltered lakes and reservoirs, ponds, rivers, streams, canals and ditches.
Systems: Freshwater
List of Habitats: 5, 5.1, 5.4, 5.7, 15, 15.2, 15.8, 15.9
IUCN and ZOO 2011
| Attributions | IUCN and ZOO 2011 |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Description
Range Description: This species is widespread throughout the whole world except for Australia, New Zealand and islands in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
Countries - Native: Algeria; Argentina; Botswana; Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan, Yukon); Cape Verde; Chile; China (Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Tibet [or Xizang], Xinjiang, Yunnan, Zhejiang); Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Costa Rica (Costa Rica (main island)); Cyprus; Ecuador (Ecuador (mainland)); Egypt; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Guatemala; Haiti; Honduras (Honduras (mainland)); Hong Kong; India; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iraq; Kazakhstan; Kenya; Kyrgyzstan; Libyan Arab Jamahiriya; Macao; Malawi; Mauritania; Mexico; Mongolia; Morocco; Mozambique; Myanmar (Myanmar (mainland)); Namibia (Caprivi Strip, Namibia (main part)); Nepal; Nicaragua (Nicaragua (mainland)); Oman; Pakistan; Palestinian Territory, Occupied; Peru; Philippines; Portugal (Azores, Madeira, Portugal (mainland)); Russian Federation (Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, West Siberia, Yakutiya); Rwanda; Saudi Arabia; Somalia; Spain (Baleares, Canary Is., Spain (mainland)); Sudan; Swaziland; Taiwan, Province of China; Tajikistan; Tanzania, United Republic of; Turkey; Turkmenistan; Uganda; United States; Uruguay; Uzbekistan; Yemen; Zambia; Zimbabwe
IUCN and ZOO 2011
| Attributions | IUCN and ZOO 2011 |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
No Data
📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List Category

Least Concern
Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Assessed: 2010
Assessor/s: Zhuang, X.
Reviewer/s: Homsombath, K., Bounphanmy, S., Juffe Bignoli, D. & Meng, M.
Justification: This is a widespread species which faces no major threat. It is listed as Least Concern.
Conservation Actions: No conservation measures in place.
IUCN and ZOO 2011
| Attributions | IUCN and ZOO 2011 |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
No Data
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes/threats-classification-scheme
- http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes/conservation-actions-classification-scheme-ver2
- http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes/habitats-classification-scheme-ver3
- Zhuang, X. 2010. Potamogeton pusillus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 October 2011.
- IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.1). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 16 June 2011).; Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO and Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. 2010. eFloras. Available at: http://www.efloras.org.; The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2010. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Available at: http://www.kew.org/wcsp/.
- Citation: Zhuang, X. 2010. Potamogeton pusillus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 October 2011.
Information Listing > References
- http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes/threats-classification-scheme
- http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes/conservation-actions-classification-scheme-ver2
- http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes/habitats-classification-scheme-ver3
- Zhuang, X. 2010. Potamogeton pusillus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 October 2011.
- IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.1). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 16 June 2011).; Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO and Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. 2010. eFloras. Available at: http://www.efloras.org.; The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2010. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Available at: http://www.kew.org/wcsp/.
- Citation: Zhuang, X. 2010. Potamogeton pusillus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 October 2011.
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Liliopsida |
| Order | Alismatales |
| Family | Potamogetonaceae |
| Genus | Potamogeton |
| Species | Potamogeton pusillus L. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
📷 Related Observations
👥 Groups
