View source for Elodea canadensis

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|accepted_name=Elodea canadensis
|accepted_authority=Michaux
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Flora Boreali-Americana
|place=1: 20. 1803
|year=1803
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|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Elodea brandegeeae
|authority=H. St. John
|rank=species
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|hierarchy=Hydrocharitaceae;Elodea;Elodea canadensis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Hydrocharitaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Elodea]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Elodea canadensis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 22
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Leaves </b>mostly in 3s, spreading to recurved, linear, oblong, to ovate, 5–13 × (1.1–)2–5 mm, flat. <b>Inflorescences</b>: staminate spathes cylindric, 8.2–13.5 mm; peduncles abscissing just before or during anthesis; pistillate spathes cylindric, 8.3–17.5 mm. <b>Flowers</b> unisexual; staminate flowers: stamens 7–9(–18), pedicels detaching before or during anthesis; all filaments connate proximally, forming column; anthers 1.7–3 mm; pollen in tetrads; pistillate flowers: styles 2.6–4 mm. <b>Seeds</b> fusiform, 4–5.7 mm, basal hairs absent. <b>2n</b> = 24 (Britain).</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Waters, mostly calcareous, of lakes and rivers
|elevation=0–2000 m
|distribution=B.C.;Man.;N.B.;N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Ala.;Ark.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;Fla.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa.;Kans.;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;Europe;Asia;Australia.
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name=Elodea canadensis
|authority=Michaux
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Elodea brandegeeae
|basionyms=
|family=Hydrocharitaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Waters, mostly calcareous, of lakes and rivers
|elevation=0–2000 m
|distribution=B.C.;Man.;N.B.;N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Ala.;Ark.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;Fla.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa.;Kans.;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;Europe;Asia;Australia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Flora Boreali-Americana
|publication year=1803
|special status=
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V22/V22_610.xml
|genus=Elodea
|species=Elodea canadensis
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