Althenia
| Althenia | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Althenia filiformis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Potamogetonaceae |
| Genus: | Althenia |
Althenia is a genus of aquatic plants of the family Potamogetonaceae.[1] This has long been a group of two species in the Mediterranean Europe and South Africa, but is recently revised to include an Australasian relative, Lepilaena.[2]
Species
- Althenia australis
- Althenia bilocularis
- Althenia cylindrocarpa
- Althenia filiformis
- Althenia marina
- Althenia orientalis
- Althenia preissii
References
- ↑ United States Department of Agriculture database
- ↑ Ito, Y., Nr. Tanaka, P. García-Murillo, A.M. Muasya (2016) A new delimitation of the Afro-Eurasian plant genus Althenia to include its Australasian relative, Lepilaena (Potamogetonaceae) – evidence from DNA and morphological data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 98: 261-270.
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