| Alternanthera nahui | |
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| Alternanthera nahui | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Alternanthera |
| Species: | A. nahui |
| Binomial name | |
| Alternanthera nahui | |
Alternanthera nahui, commonly known as nahui, [3] is a species in the family Amaranthaceae, native to New Zealand and to Norfolk Island. [1]
It is a perennial herb that has a slender tap root. Its stems are 1.5–3.0 mm in diameter and tend to lie down. [3] It can be distinguished from Alternanthera sessilis by its narrower leaves, its keeled tepals, its shorter staminodes and style. [3]
It was first described in 2009 by Peter Heenan, Peter de Lange and J. Keeling. [1] [2]
There are no synonyms according to Plants of the World Online. [1] However, according to NZPCN it has, from time to time, been incorrectly referred as Alternanthera sessilis (L.) Roem. & Schult, prior to the species description in 2009. [3]
It is a coastal and lowland species found in both seasonally and permanently wet habitats. [3]
In the 2018 conservation assessment of de Lange and others under the New Zealand Threat Classification System it was classed as "Not Threatened", having a "large, stable population". [4]
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