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June 2025

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Zannichellia contorta (Desf.) Cham.

This species name was first published in Linnaea 2: 231 (1827)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000770272.

Synonyms of Zannichellia contorta (Desf.) Cham.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Potamogeton contortus Desf. Fl. Atlant. 1: 150 (1798) wfo-0000769772
Zannichellia cyclostigma Clavaud Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 42: lxvii (1888) wfo-0000770273
Zannichellia palustris var. contorta (Desf.) T.Durand & Schinz Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 498 (1894) wfo-0000773495
Zannichellia palustris subsp. cyclostigma (Clavaud) Corb. Nouv. Fl. Normandie 545 (1894) wfo-0000915688