Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Stuckenia pectinata
sargazo liso, zacatillo, espiga de agua, fennel leaf pondweed, sago pondweed, fennel pondweed
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Liliopsida (= Monocotyledoneae)
Order
Najadales
Family
Potamogetonaceae
Genus
Stuckenia
Species
pectinata
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Potamogeton pectinatus L., P. columbianus Suksd. fide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Missouri Botanical Garden (2010)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Robinson, B.L. (1902) Flora of the Galapagos Islands. Papers from the Hopkins-Stanford Expedition to the Galapgaos Islands. Proc. Amer. Acad. 38(4): 78-270.
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Missouri Botanical Garden (eds.) (2013) The Plant List, Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 1st January).
- Stewart, A. (1911) A botanical survey of the Galápagos Islands. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 4th Series, 1: 7-288.
- Wiegleb, G. Kaplan, Z. (1998) An account of the species of Potamogeton L. (Potamogetonaceae). Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 33: 241–316.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Stuckenia pectinata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=17878. Accessed 31 October 2026.