Draft Listing of Exotic Aquatic Plants Under Consideration for Approval for Sale in Texas
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is requesting input regarding this list from stakeholders who buy and sell exotic aquatic plants. Check a news release, the public comment page and the public hearing schedule for opportunities to comment.
Prepared June 7, 2010
Note: Names in bold are additions to February 17, 2010 list.
| Scientific name | Common Name |
|---|---|
| Acorus calamus | Green Sweet flag, Common Sweet Flag, Variegated Acorus, etc. |
| Acorus gramineus | Japanese Sweet Flag, Grassy-leaved Sweet Flag |
| Acrostichum danaeifolium | |
| Alocasia amazonica | |
| Alternanthera ficoidea | Cherry Hedge, Green Hedge, Joseph’s Coat, Bronze Hedge, etc. |
| Alternanthera reineckii | Telanthera |
| Ammannia senegalensis | Ammannia senegalensis |
| Anubias afzelii | Congensis, Afzelli, etc. |
| Anubias barteri | Barteri, Coffefolia, Nana, etc |
| Anubias congensis | Congensis |
| Anubias gigantea | |
| Anubias gillettii | |
| Anubias gracilis | |
| Anubias heterophylla | |
| Anubias pynaertii | |
| Anubias var. ’frazeri’ | Frazeri |
| Aponogeton boivinianus | Boivinianus |
| Aponogeton capuronii | |
| Aponogeton crispus | |
| Aponogeton distachyos | Water Hawthorne bulbs, Cape pond weed |
| Aponogeton longiplumulosus | |
| Aponogeton madagascariensis | Madagascar lace plant |
| Aponogeton natans | |
| Aponogeton rigidifolius | |
| Aponogeton ulvaceus | Aponogeton ulvaceus |
| Bacopa caroliniana | |
| Bacopa lanigera | Hairy Bacopa |
| Bacopa lenagera | Variegated Bacopa |
| Bacopa monniera | |
| Barclaya longifolia | |
| Baumea rubiginosa | Golden Swords |
| Bletilla striata | |
| Blyxa auberti | Blyxia auberti |
| Blyxa japonica | Blyxia japonica |
| Bolbitis heteroclita | Bolbitis heteroclita |
| Cabomba furcata | Cabomba furcata |
| Caltha palustris | Marsh Marigold |
| Cardamine lyrata | Cardamine lyrata |
| Carex nigra | Black Flowering Sedge |
| Ceratopteris thalictroides | Water Sprite, Indian Fern Water Sprite, etc. |
| Chladophora aegagropila | Moss Balls |
| Colocasia affinis | |
| Colocasia antiquorum | Imperial Taro |
| Colocasia ’Elena’ | Lime Green Taro |
| Colocasia esculenta | Green Taro, Black Magic, Violet stemmed, Red, Rhubarb, Tea Cup |
| Colocasia illustris | |
| Crinum calamistratum | Crinum calamistratum |
| Crinum natans | Crinum natans |
| Crinum procerum | |
| Crinum thaianum | Onion Plant |
| Cryptocoryne affinis | Cryptocoryne affinis |
| Cryptocoryne albida | Cryptocoryne albida |
| Cryptocoryne amicorum | |
| Cryptocoryne blassii | |
| Cryptocoryne ciliata | Cryptocoryne ciliata |
| Cryptocoryne cordata | |
| Cryptocoryne crispatula | |
| Cryptocoryne gasseri | |
| Cryptocoryne griffithii | |
| Cryptocoryne huderoi | |
| Cryptocoryne lingua | |
| Cryptocoryne longicauda | |
| Cryptocoryne lutea | Cryptocoryne lutea |
| Cryptocoryne moehlmannii | |
| Cryptocoryne nurii | |
| Cryptocoryne parva | |
| Cryptocoryne petchii | |
| Cryptocoryne pontederifolia | |
| Cryptocoryne retrospiralis | |
| Cryptocoryne siamensis | |
| Cryptocoryne spiralis | Cryptocoryne spiralis |
| Cryptocoryne striolata | |
| Cryptocoryne sulphurea | |
| Cryptocoryne thwaitesii | |
| Cryptocoryne undulata | |
| Cryptocoryne villosa | |
| Cryptocoryne walkeri | Cryptocoryne walkeri |
| Cryptocoryne wendtii | Crypotocoryne wendtii, Green Wendtii, Red Wendtii, etc |
| Cryptocoryne usteriana | |
| Cyperus alternifolius | Umbrella Palm, Dwarf Ubrella Palm, etc. |
| Cyperus giganteus | Mexican Papyrus |
| Cyperus haspans | |
| Cyperus papyrus | Giant Papyrus, Egyptian Paper |
| Cyperus percamentus | Dwarf Mexican Papyrus |
| Didiplis diandra | Diandra |
| Echinodorus amazonicus | Amazon Sword |
| Echinodorus aschersonianus | Echinodorus aschersonianus |
| Echinodorus barthii | Red Melon Sword, Broadleaf Amazon Sword, etc. |
| Echinodorus berteroi | |
| Echinodorus bolivianus | |
| Echinodorus cordifolius | Radican Sword |
| Echinodorus horizontalis | |
| Echinodorus martii | |
| Echinodorus osiris | |
| Echinodorus parviflorus | |
| Echinodorus portoalegrensis | |
| Echinodorus quadricostatus | Broad Leaf Chain Sword |
| Echinodorus schlueteri | Echinodorus schlueteri |
| Echinodorus subulatus | |
| Echinodorus tenellus | Narrow Leaf Chain Sword |
| Echinodorus uruguayensis | Uruguayensis Sword |
| Egeria densa | Anacharis |
| Eleocharis acicularis | |
| Eleocharis tuberosa | Chinese Water Chestnut Rush |
| Eriophorum angustifolium | Cotton Grass |
| Eupatorium purpureum | Joe Pye Weed, etc. |
| Glossostigma elatinoides | Glossostigma elatinoides |
| Gymnocoronis spilanthoides | Water Snowball |
| Hedychium coronarium | Butterfly Ginger |
| Hemianthus callitrichoides | Dwarf Baby Tears |
| Hemianthus micranthemoides | Baby Tears |
| Hemigraphis exotica | Purple Waffle |
| Heteranthera zosterifolia | |
| Hibiscus coccineus | Red Water Hibiscus |
| Hibiscus spp. | Fireball Hibiscus, Lord Baltimore Hibiscus, Moy Grande, etc. |
| Houttuynia cordata | Houttuynia cordata, Chameleon Houttuynia, etc. |
| Hydrocleys nymphoides | Venezuelan Water Poppy |
| Hydrocotyle leucocephala | Brazilian Pennywort |
| Hydrocotyle verticillata | |
| Hydrotriche hottoniflora | |
| Hygrophila angustifolia | Hygrophila angustifolia |
| Hygrophila difformis | Wisteria, Water Wisteria |
| Iris ensata | |
| Iris laevigata | Rabbit Ear Iris, etc. |
| Iris louisiana | Purple Black Gamecock, etc. |
| Iris pseudacorus | Yellow Iris, Double Yellow Iris, etc |
| Iris versicolor | Blue Iris, Red Iris, etc |
| Isoetes lacustris | |
| Juncus glaucus | Common Rush, Blue Rush, Juncus glauca |
| Lilaeopsis brasiliensis | Micro Sword |
| Lilaeopsis carolinensis | Giant Micro Sword, Lilaeopsis, etc |
| Limnophila hippuroides | |
| Ludwigia arcuata | Needle Leaf Ludwigia |
| Ludwigia glandulosa | Ludwigia Peruensis |
| Ludwigia inclinata | |
| Ludwigia repens | Broad Leaf Ludwigia |
| Ludwigia sedioides | |
| Lysimachia nummularia | Golden Lloydiella, Golden Creeping Jenny |
| Marsilea mutica | Variegated Clover |
| Marsilea quadrifolia | Four Leaf Clover |
| Mayaca fluviatillis | |
| Mentha aquatica | Large Leaf Aquatic Mint, Aquatic Mint, Curly Water Mint, etc. |
| Menyanthes trifoliata | Bog Bean |
| Micranthemum umbrosum | |
| Micromeria brownei | |
| Microsorium pteropus | Java Fern, Narrow Leaf Java Fern, etc. |
| Myosotis scorpioides | Water Forget-Me-Nots |
| Myriophyllum aquaticum | Parrot’s Feather, Red Parrot’s Feather |
| Myriophyllum heterophyllum | Dwarf Parrott’s Feather |
| Myriophyllum pinnatum | |
| Myriophyllum simulans | |
| Myriophyllum tuberculatum | |
| Najas gracillima | |
| Nelumbo nucifera | East Indian Lotus, Oriental Lotus |
| Neptunia aquatica | Sensitive Plant |
| Nesaea pedicellata | Nesaea pedicellata |
| Nuphar japonica | Japanise Spatterdock, Cape Fear MD Spatterdock |
| Nuphar lutea | (Nymphaea avena, N. fluvialitis, N. Chartacea) |
| Nymphaea alba | |
| Nymphaea amazonum | Amazon waterlily |
| Nymphaea caerulea | Egyptian lotus |
| Nymphaea calliantha | |
| Nymphaea capensis | Cape Blue waterlily |
| Nymphaea colorata | |
| Nymphaea daubenyana | |
| Nymphaea flavovirens | |
| Nymphaea gigantea | |
| Nymphaea lotus | |
| Nymphaea micrantha | |
| Nymphaea microsperma | |
| Nymphaea minuta | |
| Nymphaea pubescens | |
| Nymphaea rubra | |
| Nymphaea spontanea | |
| Nymphaea stellata | |
| Nymphaea tetragona | |
| Nymphaea togoensis | |
| Nymphoides aquatica | |
| Nymphoides cristata | White Variegated Snowflake |
| Nymphoides geminata | Yellow Snowflake |
| Nymphoides hydrocharioides | |
| Oenanthe javanica | Korean Sunrise, Variegated Water Celery |
| Phalaris arundinacea | |
| Physostegia leptophylla | Florida Crypt, Obedient Plant |
| Pilea cadierei | |
| Pontederia dilatata | Royal Blue Pickerel |
| Potamogeton gayi | |
| Ranunculus flammula | Miniature Spearwort |
| Ranunculus rivularis | Feather leaf Ranunculus |
| Regnellidium diphyllum | Two Leaf Water Clover |
| Riccia fluitans | |
| Rotala macrandra | |
| Rotala nanjenshan | Rotala nanjeshan |
| Rotala rotundifolia | Rotala Indica |
| Rotala wallichii | Rotala wallichii |
| Ruellia brittoniana | Blue Bell |
| Sagittaria platyphylla | |
| Sagittaria subulata | Dwarf Sagittaria, Narrow Leaf Sagittaria |
| Saururus chinensis | Chinese Lizards Tail |
| Schoenoplectus lacustris | Common club-rush |
| Shinnersia rivularis | |
| Thalia geniculata ruminoides | Red Stemmed Thalia |
| Trapa bicornis | Horn nut |
| Typha laxmannii | Graceful Cattail |
| Typha minima | Dwarf Cattail |
| Vallisneria nana | Vallisneria nana |
| Vallisneria spiralis | Italian Val, Leopard Vallisneria |
| Vesicularia dubyana | Java Moss |
| Victoria cruziana | |
| Victoria regia | |
| Villarsia reniformis | Yellow Marsh Flower |
| Wedelia trilobata | Wedelia |
| Zantedeschia sp. | Calla |
| Zephyranthes candida | Dwarf Onion Plant, Pink Zephyr Lily, etc. |
| Zephyranthes grandiflora | |
| Zosterella dubia | |
| Scientific name | Common Name |
|---|---|
| Acanthophora spicifera | |
| Acetabularia crenulata | |
| Agardheilla sp. | Agar Seaweed |
| Bryopsis pennata | |
| Caulerpa mexicana laxior | |
| Caulerpa mexicana pectinata | |
| Caulerpa prolifera | |
| Centroceras clavulatum | |
| Ceramium floridanum | |
| Cermium sp. | |
| Chaetomorpha sp. | Spaghetti Algae, Green Hair Algae, Hair Algae |
| Cladophora fascicularis | |
| Codium taylori | |
| Cymopolia barbata | |
| Dictyota divaricata | |
| Entromorpha compressa | |
| Entromorpha flexuosa | |
| Gracilaria foliifera | |
| Gracilaria mammilaris | |
| Gracilaria verrucosa | Red |
| Gracilaria verrucosa | Green |
| Grateloupia filicina | |
| Gymnogongrus griffithsiae | |
| Halimeda incrassata | |
| Halimeda opuntia | |
| Hypnea cervicornia | |
| Hypnea musciformis | |
| Hypnea spinella | |
| Jania rubens | |
| Laurencia obtusa | |
| Padina vickersiae | |
| Penicillus capitatus | |
| Penicillus lamourouxii | |
| Pterocladia americana (Gelidium americanum) | |
| Sargassum filipendula | |
| Sargassum natans | |
| Sargassum polyceratium | |
| Sargassum pteropleuron | |
| Spyridia aculeata | |
| Spyridia filamentosa | |
| Udotea conglutinata | |
| Udotea flabellium | |
| Ulva sp. | Sea Lettuce |
| Ulva lactuca | |
| Ulva fasciata | |
| Ulva profunda | |