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As classified in WFO snapshot

June 2025

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Najas L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 1015 (1753)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus 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-4000025275.

Literature

Sp. Pl. 2: 1015. 1753 [1 May 1753]

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Synonyms of Najas

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Caulinia	Willd.	Mem. Acad. Berol. 1798: 87 (1798)	wfo-4000007056
Fluvialis	Ség.	Pl. Veron. 3: 99 (1754)	wfo-4000014889
Ittnera	C.C.Gmel.	Fl. Bad. 3: 590 (1808)	wfo-4000019371

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Najas:

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Najas bengalensis	Horn	Acta Horti Gothob. 18: 192, in obs., 193, in clavi,, sp. nov. adint., sine descr. lat. 1950	wfo-0001354056
Najas flexilis var. tenera	(Schrad.) A.Braun	–	wfo-0001392383
Najas guadalupensis var. florida	R.R.Haynes & Wentz	Sida 5: 262,fig. 1974	wfo-0001391840
Najas nipponica	T.Itô	Encycl. Jap. 1: 698 (1908)	wfo-0000769561
Najas spinosa	Buch.-Ham.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 5182. [1831-32]	wfo-0001354057