| Name | Vallisneria americana Michaux |
| Authorship | Michaux |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Vallisneria Linnaeus |
| Contains | Vallisneria americana var. americana |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:431972-1 |
| Citation | 19 Mar 1803 Fl. Bor.-Amer. [Michaux] 2: 220 |
| Holdings | 230 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Vallisneria americana Michaux |
| Identification made in | [no date] (226), 1982 (4) |