Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Lilianae > Order Poales > Family Sparganiaceae > Genus Sparganium > Aggregate Sparganium erectum aggr.

Sparganium erectum L.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sparganium*	L.	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Sparganium erectum subsp. polyedrum*	(Asch. & Graebn.) Schinz & Thell.	heterotypic synonym
*Sparganium polyedrum*	(Asch. & Graebn.) Juz.	heterotypic synonym
*Sparganium ramosum*	Huds.	heterotypic synonym; nom. illeg.
*Sparganium ramosum subsp. polyedrum*	Asch. & Graebn.	heterotypic synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: balca de fulla ampla; bova; bova borda; espargani sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Dutch: Grote egelskop sources: Dutch Species Register

English: Branched bur-reed; Bur-reed sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))

English-United States: Branched Bur-reed; Bur-reed sources: Charles Hussey

Euskera: bolligoya sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Galician: esparganio; platanaria; Righ seisc; Rísheisc sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Irish: Righ seisc; Rísheisc sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))

Majorcan: bova borda; padella sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Norwegian Bokmål: kjempepiggknopp

Norwegian Nynorsk: kjempepiggknopp

Portuguese: espadana d´agua; espadana delgada; espadana-da-água sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Spanish, Castillian: botón de hierro; esparganio; junco pelotero; platanera; sparganio sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Swedish: storigelknopp

Welsh: cleddlys canghennog

Literature

nomenclatural reference	L., Sp. Pl. 1753.

Genbank

Citation

Uotila, P. (2009): Sparganiaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Sparganium erectum L.. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?UUID=D1590209-3E95-4F15-8844-5126CEC4D15F