Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Alismatales R.Br. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Potamogetonaceae Bercht. & J.Presl
Genus
Stuckenia Börner
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Stuckenia pectinata (L.) Börner (1912)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Potamogeton pectinatus L. (1753)
 Description

Rhizome extensively creeping, forming swollen buds in autumn. Branches slender, much-branched, sts very long. Stipule adnate to lf-base, open but sheathing stem for 1–4 cm., the free ligular portion membr., c. 5 mm. long. Lvs all submersed, 5–12 cm. × c. 1 mm., entire, very narrow-linear, us. tapered to ± acute tip, membr., ∞ transverse veins us. visible. Peduncles slender, short or long. Spike discontinuous, 2–4 cm. overall, the lower whorls well separated. Achene c. 3 × 2.5 mm., light pinkish brown, rather plump and rounded, without prominent keel or beak.

[From: Moore and Edgar (1970) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 2 as Potamogeton pectinatus L.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
 Bibliography
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Hitchmough, R.; Townsend, A.J. 2009: Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand (2008 revision). New Zealand Journal of Botany 47: 61–96. [Naturally uncommon]
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A.; Heenan, P.B.; Courtney, S.P.; Molloy, B.P.J.; Ogle, C.C.; Rance, B.D. 2004: Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 42(1): 45–76. [as Potamogeton pectinatus L.]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Naturally Uncommon]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [Naturally Uncommon]
Holub, J. 1996: Stuckenia Börner 1912 - the correct name for Coleogeton (Potamogetonaceae). Preslia 68: 361–366.