Althenia
Althenia | |
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Althenia filiformis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Alismatales |
Family: | Potamogetonaceae |
Genus: | Althenia Petit |
Species | |
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Synonyms | |
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Althenia is a genus of aquatic plants of the family Potamogetonaceae.[2] This has long been a group of two species in the Mediterranean Europe and South Africa, but in 2016 was revised to include an Australasian relative, Lepilaena.[3]
Species[]
- Althenia australis (aquatic)
- Althenia bilocularis (aquatic)
- Althenia cylindrocarpa (brackish water,[4] marine[5])
- Althenia marina (marine[5])
- Althenia preissii (aquatic)
Lepilaena[]
Lepilaena was a genus of aquatic and marine flowering plant comprising 6 or more species endemic[6][7] to coastal and brackish or alkaline inland waters of temperate Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand.[5][6]
The species are appended with common names that derive from their description as water-mats; for example, L. australis is referred to as Austral water-mat and L. marina as Sea water-mat.
Interpretation of molecular evidence for this poorly studied genus suggests a close affinity with Zannichellia, another genus of aquatic plants.[5] Two species are noted for their occurrence in marine environs, L. cylindrocarpa and L. marina, in estuaries and tidal flats.[5] L. cylindrocarpa is also found in a variety of brackish inland waters of mainland Australia.[4] Other species may be found in habitats of fresh to brackish, still or slowly moving, coastal or inland waters.
Based on the molecular and morphological evidence, all the species been transferred to the genus Althenia in 2016.[8]
References[]
- ^ Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 7: 57. 1855 IPNI
- ^ "United States Department of Agriculture database". Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Lepilaena cylindrocarpa (Muell.Stuttg.)". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ a b c d e Larkum, Anthony W.D.; Duarte, Carlos; Orth, Robert J., eds. (2005). "Taxonomy and biogeorgraphy of seagrasses". Seagrasses: Biology, Ecology and Conservation. Springer-Verlag New York, LLC. ISBN 978-1-4020-2942-4.
- ^ a b Hammer, Ulrich Theodore (1986). Saline Lake Ecosystems of the World. Springer London, Limited. ISBN 978-90-6193-535-3.
- ^ Klaus Kubitzki, ed. (1998). Flowering Plants. Monocotyledons: Alismatanae and Commelinanae (except Gramineae) (The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants). Springer. p. 472. ISBN 978-3-540-64061-5.
- ^ , 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.
External links[]
- Flora of Western Australia
- "Lepilaena Harv". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2008). "Lepilaena". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
- Aquatic plants
- Potamogetonaceae
- Alismatales genera
- Monocot stubs