Lagarosiphon

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Lagarosiphon
Lagarasiphon major, Howardian, August 1992 (34388714862).jpg
Lagarosiphon major
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Hydrocharitaceae
Subfamily:
Genus: Lagarosiphon
Harv.
Species

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Lagarosiphon is a genus of aquatic plants described as a genus in 1841.[1][2] It is native to Africa and Madagascar.[3] It is dioecious, with male and female flowers produced on separate plants.[4]

Species[3]
  1. (Hochst.) Casp. - Cameroon + Ethiopia to Namibia + Mpumalanga
  2. Rendle - Ghana, Kenya, Uganda
  3. Oberm. - Uganda to Namibia
  4. Casp. - Madagascar
  5. Lagarosiphon major (Ridl.) Moss - Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa
  6. Harv. - Mali to Sudan to KwaZulu-Natal
  7. Ridl. - Angola
  8. Casp. - Ethiopia
  9. Oberm. - Mozambique, Zimibabwe, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Mpumalanga, Limpopo

References[]

  1. ^ Harvey, William Henry. 1841. Journal of Botany, being a second series of the Botanical Miscellany 4: 230-231 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English, line drawing as illustration
  2. ^ "Tropicos | Name - Lagarosiphon Harv". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
  3. ^ a b "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
  4. ^ Francis, Robert A. (12 March 2012). A Handbook of Global Freshwater Invasive Species. ISBN 9781136461255.

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