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Glyceria maxima (Hartm.) Holmb.

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Bot. Not. 1919: 97 (1919)

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Liliopsida
order
Poales
family
Poaceae
genus
Glyceria
species
Glyceria maxima

Name

Synonyms
Catabrosa hydrophila Link
Exydra aquatica (L.) Endl.
Festuca aquatica (L.) Mutel
Glyceria altissima Garcke
Glyceria aquatica (L.) Wahlb.
Glyceria aquatica f. lutescens Jansen & Wacht.
Glyceria aquatica f. multiflora Jansen & Wacht.
Glyceria aquatica f. nigra Jansen & Wacht.
Glyceria aquatica f. pauciflora Jansen & Wacht.
Glyceria aquatica subsp. densiflora Waisb.
Glyceria aquatica subsp. umbrosa (Junge) Waisb.
Glyceria aquatica var. densiflora Waisb.
Glyceria aquatica var. densiflora Waisb. ex Hegi
Glyceria aquatica var. flavescens Peterm.
Glyceria aquatica var. laxa Hegi
Glyceria aquatica var. pallens Klett & Richt.
Glyceria aquatica var. scabra Peterm.
Glyceria aquatica var. umbrosa Junge
Glyceria arundinacea Dumort., 1827
Glyceria maxima f. acuta (Peterm.) Soó
Homonyms
Glyceria maxima (Hartm.) Holmb.
Common names
Chwegwellt in Welsh
English watergrass in English
Glycérie aquatique in language.
Glycérie aquatique in French
Glycérie très élevée in French
Glycérie élevée, Grande glycérie, Glycérie aquatique, Glycérie très élevée in French
Gramignone maggiore in Italian
Gramignone maggiore in Italian
Gramignone maggiore in Italian
Gramignone maggiore in Italian
Grande glycerie in French
Grande glycerie in French
Grande glycerie in French
Grande glycérie in French
Great Water Grass in English
Grosses Suessgras in German
Grosses Suessgras in German
Grosses Suessgras in German
Grosses Süeegras in German
Grosses Süeegras in German
Grosses Süssgras in German
Großer Schwaden in German
Großer Schwaden in German
Gweunwellt y Dŵr in Welsh
Høj sødgræs in Danish
Høj sødgræs in Danish
Høj sødgræs in Danish
Liesgras in Dutch
Manna mielec in Polish
Melyswellt y Gamlas in Welsh
Perwellt in Welsh
Reed Mannagrass in English
Reed Sweet Grass in English
Reed Sweet-Grass in English
Reed Sweet-grass in English
Reed mannagrass in English
Reed mannagrass in English
Reed-meadow Grass in English
Vandeninė monažolė in Lithuanian
Wasser schwaden in language.
Wasser-Schwaden in German
Wasser-Schwaden in German
Wasser-Schwaden in German
Wasser-Schwaden in German
Water-meadow Grass in English
elvekonge in Norwegian
giant mannagrass in English
glicéria-maior in language.
glicéria-maior in Portuguese
glycérie aquatique in French

Bibliographic References

  1. Alaska Exotic Plants Information Clearinghouse (AKEPIC) (2021), https://accs.uaa.alaska.edu/invasive-species/non-native-plant-species-list
  2. Colling G., Helminger T., Krippel Y., Schneider S. & Daco L. 2025. - Red List of the Vascular Plants of Luxembourg. Ferrantia 93, Musée national d’histoire naturelle, Luxembourg, 65 pp http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q136766546
  3. Jørgensen PM, Weidemann E, Fremstad E. (2016). Flora Norvegica av JE Gunnerus. På norsk og med kommentarer. ISBN 978-82-8322-077-3. Page: 135. ISBN 978-82-8322-077-3
  4. Karlsson (1998) Förteckning över svenska kärlväxter (The vascular plants of Sweden - a checklist)
  5. Mirek Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa H., Zając A., Zając A., Zając M.. 2020. Vascular plants of Poland. An annotated checklist. W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków. W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków
  6. Van der Meijden, R. (2005)
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