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]
| 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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See text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Lepilaena J.Drumm. ex W.H.Harvey | |
Species
- Althenia australis
- Althenia bilocularis
- Althenia cylindrocarpa
- Althenia filiformis
- Althenia marina
- Althenia orientalis
- Althenia patentifolia
- Althenia preissii
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References
- "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.
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