Lagarosiphon major is a monocotic aquatic plant native to Southern Africa. Common names include African elodea, curly waterweed, oxygen weed and South African oxygen weed. It is used as freshwater aquarium plant.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Hydrocharitaceae |
| Genus: | Lagarosiphon |
| Species: | L. major
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| Lagarosiphon major Ridl. Moss ex Wager
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Elodea crispa | |
It is an invasive plant in some countries.[1] In New Zealand it is listed on the National Pest Plant Accord and is classed as a noxious weed in the United States.[2] Lagarosiphon Major was added to the European Union's List of Invasive Alien Species of Union concern on 3 August 2016.[3] This means – amongst other things – that it is illegal to sell this plant in the whole of the European Union or to dump it in the environment.[4]
Distribution
editIreland: Co.Galway in parts of upper Lough Corrib.[5]
References
edit- ^ Global Invasive Species Database - Lagarosiphon major entry
- ^ "Plants Profile for Lagarosiphon major (oxygen-weed)". plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
- ^ "List of Invasive Alien Species of Union concern - Environment - European Commission". ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
- ^ "Europese IUS Verordening".
- ^ Pybus, C. and O'Halloran, P. 2009. Distribution of some submerged aquatic macrophytes in the Eglinton Canal. Ir. Nat. J. 30: 51-53.
External links
edit- Global Invasive Species Database
- Species Profile - Oxygen Weed (Lagarosiphon major). National Invasive Species Information Center, United States National Agricultural Library
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