Plant Details

Accepted name:: Potamogeton natans L. [Potamogetonaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
floating pondweed	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
jāronnahr	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
جارالنهر	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
水案板	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaf		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 46 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Buccaferrea natans (L.) Bubani Fl. Pyren. 4: 11 (1901).
Potamogeton affinis Boenn. ex Cham. & Schlecht. Linnaea 2: 216 (1827).
Potamogeton besseri Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 384 (1841).
Potamogeton kirkii Syme in J.E.Smith, Engl. Bot., ed. 3, 9: 31 (1869).
Potamogeton morongii A.Benn. J. Bot. 42: 145 (1904).
Potamogeton natans var. acaulis Wahlb. Fl. Gothob.: 23 (1820).
Potamogeton natans f. angustifolius Regel Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 4(4): 139 (1861).
Potamogeton natans var. angustifolius G.Mey. Chloris Han.: 519 (1836).
Potamogeton natans subsp. ellipticus Gaudin Fl. Helv. 1: 467 (1828).
Potamogeton natans var. explanatus Mert. & W.D.J.Koch in J.C.Röhling, Deutschl. Fl., ed. 3, 1: 837 (1823), nom. superfl.
Potamogeton natans subsp. explanatus (Mert. & W.D.J.Koch) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 11 (1890).
Potamogeton natans f. fluviatilis (Fr.) Hagstr. in L.M.Neuman, Sver. Fl.: 795 (1901).
Potamogeton natans var. fluviatilis Fr. Novit. Fl. Suec. Alt.: 28 (1828).
Potamogeton natans var. intermedius Mert. & W.D.J.Koch in J.C.Röhling, Deutschl. Fl., ed. 3, 1: 839 (1823), nom. superfl.
Potamogeton natans subsp. kirkii (Syme) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 681 (1882).
Potamogeton natans var. lancifolius Fieber in B.V.von Berchtold & P.M.Opiz, Oekon.-Techn. Fl. Böhm. 2(1): 260 (1838).
Potamogeton natans f. lancifolius (Fieber) Rchb. Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 7: 26 (1845).
Potamogeton natans var. major W.D.J.Koch & Ziz Cat. Pl. Palat.: 18 (1814).
Potamogeton natans var. media W.D.J.Koch & Ziz Cat. Pl. Palat.: 18 (1814).
Potamogeton natans var. minor Hook.f. Fl. Tasman. 2: 4 (1859), nom. illeg.
Potamogeton natans f. ovalifolius (Fieber) Rchb. Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 7: 26 (1845).
Potamogeton natans var. ovalifolius Fieber in B.V.von Berchtold & P.M.Opiz, Oekon.-Techn. Fl. Böhm. 2(1): 260 (1838).
Potamogeton natans var. petiolaris Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 681 (1882).
Potamogeton natans subsp. petiolaris (Nyman) Arcang. Comp. Fl. Ital.: 642 (1882).
Potamogeton natans var. petiolatus (Wolfg.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 681 (1882).
Potamogeton natans subsp. petiolatus (Wolfg.) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 11 (1890).
Potamogeton natans var. prolixus W.D.J.Koch Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv., ed. 2: 775 (1844).
Potamogeton natans var. pygmaeus Gaudin Fl. Helv. 1: 466 (1828).
Potamogeton natans f. rotundifolius (Bréb.) Hagstr. in L.M.Neuman, Sver. Fl.: 795 (1901).
Potamogeton natans var. rotundifolius Bréb. Fl. Normandie, éd. 3: 285 (1859).
Potamogeton natans var. subnatans Wahlenb. Fl. Lapp.: 52 (1812).
Potamogeton natans var. terrestris Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 33 (1821 publ. 1822).
Potamogeton natans f. terrestris (Gray) Hagstr. in O.R.Holmberg, Skand. Fl. 1: 96 (1922).
Potamogeton natans var. vulgaris Mert. & W.D.J.Koch in J.C.Röhling, Deutschl. Fl., ed. 3, 1: 837 (1823), not validly publ.
Potamogeton natans f. vulgaris Rchb. Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 7: 26 (1845), nom. illeg.
Potamogeton natans subsp. vulgaris Gaudin Fl. Helv. 1: 465 (1828).
Potamogeton paludosus Bory ex Cham. & Schltdl. Linnaea 2: 216 (1827).
Potamogeton petiolaris C.Presl in J.S.Presl & C.B.Presl, Delic. Prag.: 151 (1822), nom. illeg.
Potamogeton petiolatus Wolfg. in J.A.Schultes & J.H.Schultes, Mant. 3: 352 (1827).
Potamogeton plantago T.Bastard Essai Fl. Maine et Loire: 64 (1809).
Potamogeton samariformis Hagstr. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.f., 55(5): 166 (1916).
Potamogeton sparganiifolius Bab. Man. Brit. Bot., ed. 6: 363 (1867), nom. illeg.
Potamogeton uliginosus Boenn. ex Cham. & Schlecht. Linnaea 2: 216 (1827).
Potamogeton × fluitans subsp. petiolaris (Nyman) Cif. & Giacom. Nomencl. Fl. Ital. 1: 14 (1950).
Potamogeton × fluitans var. petiolatus (Wolfg.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur., Suppl. 2: 286 (1890).
Spirillus natans (L.) Nieuwl. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 16 (1913).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Potamogeton natans	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Potamogeton natans L.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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