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Sparganium
Sparganium (bur-reed) is a genus of flowering plants, described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. It is widespread in wet areas in temperate regions of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. The plants are perennial marsh plants that can grow to 3.5 m (depending on the species), with epicene flowers.
25 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Branched Bur-reed
speciesSparganium erectum
big bur-reed
speciesSparganium eurycarpum
American bur-reed
speciesSparganium americanum
unbranched bur-reed
speciesSparganium emersum
Narrow-leaved Bur-reed
speciesSparganium angustifolium
Small Bur-reed
speciesSparganium natans
Floating Bur-reed
speciesSparganium fluctuans
Northern Bur-reed
speciesSparganium hyperboreum
Branching Bur-reed
speciesSparganium androcladum
Northern Bur-reed
speciesSparganium glomeratum
Floating Bur-reed
speciesSparganium subglobosum
Sparganium gramineum
speciesSparganium gramineum
Sparganium fallax
speciesSparganium fallax
Simple-stem Bur-reed
speciesSparganium stoloniferum
Sparganium japonicum
speciesSparganium japonicum
Sparganium rothertii
speciesSparganium rothertii
Sparganium × longifolium
hybridSparganium × longifolium
Sparganium × splendens
hybridSparganium × splendens
Sparganium confertum
speciesSparganium confertum
Sparganium limosum
speciesSparganium limosum
Sparganium yunnanense
speciesSparganium yunnanense
Sparganium × oligocarpon
hybridSparganium × oligocarpon
Sparganium × speirocephalum
hybridSparganium × speirocephalum
Sparganium × probatovae
hybridSparganium × probatovae
Sparganium kawakamii
speciesSparganium kawakamii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.658
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.603
Elements of Botany
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort · 1719 · p.53
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 18)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.47
Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden
Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.55
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