Najas ancistrocarpa

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Najas ancistrocarpa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Hydrocharitaceae
Genus: Najas
Species:
N. ancistrocarpa
Binomial name
Najas ancistrocarpa
Synonyms [1]
  • Caulinia ancistrocarpa(A.Braun ex Magnus) Nakai
  • Najas poyangensisS.F.Guan & Q.Lang

Najas ancistrocarpa is a species of aquatic plant in the Hydrocharitaceae family. [2] It grows in fresh water ponds and is a native to Japan (Honshu) and to parts of China (Fujian, Hubei, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Zhejiang). [3] [1] [4] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Najas ancistrocarpa in Flora of China @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
  2. "Najas ancistrocarpa A.Braun ex Magnus". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
  3. Alexander Karl Heinrich Braun ex Magnus. 1870. Beitr. Kenntn. Najas: vii, Najas ancistrocarpa
  4. Nakai, Takenoshin. 1943. Ordines Fam., etc. 212, Caulinia ancistrocarpa
  5. S.F.Guan & Q.Lang. 1987. Bulletin of Botanical Research. Harbin 7(1): 78 (1987), Najas poyangensis