Najas guadalupensis (Sprengel) Magnus var. guadalupensis . Subgenus: Caulinia. Section: Americanae. Common name: Common Naiad, Southern Naiad. Phenology: Jul-Oct. Habitat: Lakes, rivers, impoundments. Distribution: ME to AB and WA, south to s. FL, TX, and CA, and south through Mexico, Central America, South America; West Indies.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: Haynes & Hellquist (1996) and Haynes in FNA (2000) treat all infraspecific taxa of N. guadalupensis as subspecies rather than varieties.
Synonymy ⓘ: = Meso6; Caulinia guadalupensis Spreng. = Najas guadalupensis (Spreng.) Magnus — NY; < Naias guadelupensis — S, S13, orthographic variant; < Najas guadalupensis (Spreng.) Magnus — AqW, Bah, ETx1, F, G, GrPl, GW1, NcTx, Pa, RAB, SFla, Tat, Tn, Tx, W, WH3; < Najas guadalupensis (Spreng.) Magnus ssp. guadalupensis — Can, FNA22, K4, Mi, Mo1, NE; < Najas guadalupensis (Spreng.) Magnus var. guadalupensis — Ar, C, Il, Va, Haynes (1979). Basionym: Caulinia guadalupensis Spreng. 1825 [1824]
Links to other floras: < Najas guadalupensis ssp. guadalupensis - FNA22
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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