Trapa

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Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Myrtales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Myrtales

Familia: Lythraceae
Genus: Trapa
Species: T. assamica – T. hankensis – T. hyrcana – T. incisa – T. kashmirensis – T. kozhevnikoviorum – T. natans – T. nedoluzhkoi

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Trapa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Nov 22. Reference page.

Name

Trapa L., Sp. Pl. 1: 120 (1753).

Type species: Trapa natans L., Sp. Pl. 1: 120 (1753).

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Tribuloides Ség., Pl. Veron. 3: 192. (1754), nom. superfl.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Sweden (extinct).
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Switzerland.
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Baleares, France, Spain (extinct).
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia.
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - Belarus, Baltic States, Krym, Central European Russia, East European Russia, South European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Tunisia.
- Regional: West Tropical Africa
  - Burkina, Guinea-Bissau, Nigeria.
- Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Zaire.
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Chad, Sudan.
- Regional: East Tropical Africa
  - Tanzania, Uganda.
- Regional: South Tropical Africa
  - Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - Botswana, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Siberia
  - Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, West Siberia.
- Regional: Russian Far East
  - Amur, Khabarovsk, Primorye.
- Regional: Middle Asia
  - Kazakhstan.
- Regional: Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Iran.
- Regional: China
  - China South-Central, Hainan, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, China North-Central, China Southeast, Tibet, Xinjiang.
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya.
- Regional: Indo-China
  - Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.
- Regional: Malesia
  - Jawa, Philippines, Sumatera.
Continental: Northern America (introduced)
- Regional: Eastern Canada
  - Québec.
- Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont.
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, District of Columbia.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 120. Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Trapa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Aug. 19. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Trapa. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 19 2023.
Trapa – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

dansk: Hornnød-familien
Ελληνικά: Τράπα
English: Water Chestnut
suomi: Vesipähkinät
日本語: ヒシ属
lietuvių: Agaras
Nederlands: waternoot
Türkçe: Su kestanesi

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