Potamogeton parva Brown 1940 (pondweed)

Angiospermae - Alismatales - Potamogetonaceae

Full reference: R.W. Brown. 1940. New species and changes of name in some American fossil floras. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 30(8):344-356

Belongs to Potamogeton according to R.W. Brown 1940

Sister taxa: Potamogeton compressum, Potamogeton crispum, Potamogeton densum, Potamogeton geniculatus, Potamogeton gramineum, Potamogeton lucens, Potamogeton marinum, Potamogeton megaphyllus, Potamogeton middendorfensis, Potamogeton natans, Potamogeton pectinatus, Potamogeton perfoliatus, Potamogeton pusillus, Potamogeton pygmaeus, Potamogeton robbinsii, Potamogeton rutilus, Potamogeton serratum, Potamogeton setaceum, Potamogeton verticillatus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Crooked River, which is in an Oligocene lacustrine horizon in the John Day Formation of Oregon

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Crooked River

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