New York Metropolitan Flora

Genus: Najas

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Last Modified 02/07/2012

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Nomenclature

Najas Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 1015. 1753.

List of Najas Species

Najas flexilis Najas gracillima Najas guadalupensis Najas minor

References to Najas

  • Capers, R. S. 2003. Macrophyte colonization in a freshwater tidal wetland (Lyme, CT, USA). Aquatic Botany 77: 325-338.
  • Chase, S. S. 1947. Preliminary studies in the genus Najas in the United States. Ph.D. Thesis Cornell Univ.,
  • Clausen, Robert T. 1936. Studies in the genus Najas from the Huson River. Rhodora 54: 334-345.
  • Clausen, Robert T. 1937. A new species of Najas from the Hudson River. Rhodora 39: 57-60.
  • Fernald, M. L. 1923. Notes on the distribution of Najas in Northeastern America. Rhodora 25: 105-109.
  • Hayes, R. R. 1979. Revision of North and Central America [iNajas (Najaceae). Sida 8: 34-56.
  • Haynes, R. R. 1988. Reproductive biology of selected aquatic plants. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75: 805-810.
  • Haynes, R. R. 1977. The Najadaceae in the southeastern United States. J. Arnold Arbor. 58: 161-70.
  • Haynes, R. R. 1979. Revision of North and Central American Najas (Najadaceae). Sida 8: 34-56.
  • Hellquist, C. B.; Crow, G. E. 1980. Aquatic vascular plants of New England. Part 1. Zosteraceae, Potamogetonaceae, Zannichelliaceae, Najadaceae. New Hampshire Agric. Exp. Sta. Bull. 515. Vol. New Hampshire Agri. Exp. Sta. Bull. 515. New Hampshire Agri. Exp. Sta.. , 68 pages.
  • Les, D. H. et.al. 2010. Hybridization in hydrophiles: natural interspecific hybrids in Najas (Hydrocharitaceae). Syst. Bot. 35: 736-744.
  • Merilainen, J. 1968. Najas minor All. in North America. Rhodora 70: 161-175.
  • Moyle, J. B. 1945. Some chemical factors influencing the distribution of aquatic plants in Minnesota. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 34: 402-420.
  • Padgett, D. J.; Crow, G. E. 1993. Some unwelcome additions to the flora of New Hampshire. Rhodora 95: 348-351.
  • Posluszny, U.; Sattler, R. 1976. Floral development of Najas flexilis. Canad. J. Bot. 54: 1140-1151.
  • Shaffer-Fehre, M. 1991. The position of Najas within the Alismatidae (Monocotyledones) in light of new evidence from seed coat structures in the Hydrocharitoideae (Hydrocharitaceae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 107: 189-209.
  • Stuckey, R. L. 1985. Distributional history of Najas marina (spiny naiad) in North America. Bartonia 51: 2-16.
  • Tanaka, N. et.al. 2004. Correlation between pollen morphology and pollination mechanisms in the Hydrocharitaceae. J. Pl. Res. 117: 265-276.
  • Triest, L.; van Geyt, J.; Ranson, V. 1986. Isozyme polymorphism in several populations of Najas marina L. Aquatic Botany 24: 373-384.
  • Viinikka, Y. 1973. The occurrence of B chromosomes and their effect on meiosis in Najas marina. Hereditas 75: 207-212.
  • Wentz, W. A.; Stuckey, R. L. 1971. The changing distribution of the genus Najas (Najadaceae) in Ohio. Ohio J. Science 71: 292-302.