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Taxon: Trapa natans L.

Genus: Trapa
Family: Lythraceae. Also placed in: Trapaceae
Nomen number: 36824
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 1:120. 1753
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project of the Natural History Museum of London.
Name verified on: 07-Nov-1985 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 09-May-2011
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

SPECIES RESTRICTED BECAUSE STATE NOXIOUS WEED
A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:
ALª*, AZª°, CTª, MAª, MEª, MNª, ORª, SCª, VTª, WAª.
ªAquatic. *Terrestrial. °In seed.
Link to noxious weed information from Invaders Database System
Link to species profile at National Invasive Species Information Center

See also subordinate taxa:


Common names:

  • bull-nut   (Source: NPB State Noxweed WA [http://nationalplantboard.org/docs/summaries/washington.pdf]) – English
  • European water-chestnut   (Source: Edible Nuts WA) – English   [Trapa natans var. natans]
  • Jesuit's-nut   (Source: Dict Gard WA) – English   [Trapa natans var. natans]
  • singhara-nut   (Source: Dict Gard WA) – English   [Trapa natans var. bispinosa]
  • water caltrop   (Source: Dict Gard WA) – English   [Trapa natans var. natans]
  • water-chestnut   (Source: Dict Econ Pl WA) – English
  • water-chestnut   (Source: Dict Gard WA) – English   [Trapa natans var. natans]
  • châtaigne d'eau   (Source: Dict Rehm WA) – French   [Trapa natans var. natans]
  • cornue   (Source: Dict Rehm WA) – French   [Trapa natans var. natans]
  • macre commune   (Source: Dict Rehm WA) – French   [Trapa natans var. natans]
  • saligot   (Source: Pl Book WA) – French   [Trapa natans var. natans]
  • Wassernuß   (Source: Dict Rehm WA) – German   [Trapa natans var. natans]
  • castanha-d'água   (Source: Dict Rehm WA) – Portuguese   [Trapa natans var. natans]
  • abrojo de agua   (Source: Dict Rehm WA) – Spanish   [Trapa natans var. natans]
  • castaña de agua   (Source: Dict Rehm WA) – Spanish   [Trapa natans var. natans]
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Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • AFRICA
    Northern Africa: Algeria; Tunisia
    Northeast Tropical Africa: Sudan
    East Tropical Africa: Tanzania; Uganda
    West Tropical Africa: Guinea-Bissau
    South Tropical Africa: Angola; Malawi; Mozambique; Zambia; Zimbabwe
    Southern Africa: Botswana; Namibia; South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Western Asia: Turkey [n.w.]
    Caucasus: Georgia
    China: China - Hubei, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang
    Eastern Asia: Japan
  • ASIA-TROPICAL
    Indian Subcontinent: India [n.w.]; Pakistan
    Indo-China: Vietnam
  • EUROPE
    Middle Europe: Austria; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Hungary; Poland; Switzerland
    East Europe: Belarus; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
    Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece; Italy; Romania
    Southwestern Europe: France; Spain [incl. Baleares]

      Naturalized:
  • widely naturalized elsewhere

      Cultivated:
  • also cultivated

References:

  • Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960–. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam. (F CambLVN)
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. (F China)
  • Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. (F Turk)
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
  • Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960–. Flora zambesiaca. (F Zamb)
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). (Ecocrop)
  • Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2. (Glea Cron ed2)
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
  • Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953–1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. (F WT Afr)
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan. (F Pak)
  • National Plant Board. 2008–. National Plant Board federal and state quarantine summaries. (NPB State Noxweed)
  • Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). (Pl Names)
  • Pottier-Alapetite, G. 1979–1981. Flore de la Tunisie: Angiospermes-Dicotyledones. (F Tunis)
  • Quézel, P. & S. Santa. 1962–1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie. (F Alger)
  • Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica. (F Iran)
  • Steward, A. N. 1958. Manual of vascular plants of the lower Yangtze valley. (F LowYangtze)
  • Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa. (F TE Afr)
  • USDA National Agricultural Library. National Invasive Species Information Center (Nat Invasive Sp Info)
  • Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. (Dict Econ Pl)
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Synonyms:


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Images:

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  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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