Althenia preissii

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Althenia preissii
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Potamogetonaceae
Genus: Althenia
Species:
A. preissii
Binomial name
Althenia preissii
Synonyms [1]

Hexatheca preissiiSond. ex F.Muell.
Lepilaena preissii(Lehm.) F.Muell.
Zannichellia preissiiLehm.

Althenia preissii is a plant found in fresh to brackish waters in Australia. This species has been transferred from the genus Lepilaena . [2]

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References

  1. "Althenia preissii (Lehm.) Asch. & Graebn". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
  2. Ito, Y., Nr. Tanaka, P. García-Murillo, A.M. Muasya 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 xxx: xxx-xxx.