Specimen Information

Alternanthera philoxeroides
Alternanthera philoxeroides
(alligatorweed)
Plants
Exotic

Specimen ID1247730
GroupPlants
GenusAlternanthera
Speciesphiloxeroides
Common Namealligatorweed
StatePR
CountyCidra
LocalityRio de la Plata
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameEastern Puerto Rico
HUC8 Number21010005
HUC10 Number2101000507
Map
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Collection Month6
Collection Year1974
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusunknown
Reference 1
Ref. Number:16114
Author:Zeiger, C.F.
Date:1976
Title:Aquatic plant problems in Puerto Rico
Publisher:U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station
Volume:A-76-1
Issue:December
Pages:24-25
CommentsDiscovered in 1974
Record TypeLiterature
Earliest Recordcounty
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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