Najas pseudogracillima

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Hong Kong water nymph
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Hydrocharitaceae
Genus: Najas
Species:
N. pseudogracillima
Binomial name
Najas pseudogracillima

Najas pseudogracillima, called the Hong Kong water nymph, is an aquatic plant growing in fresh water ponds. It is a rare and little-known species known from one collection from a pond on the campus of Chung Chi College at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. It is very similar to N. gracillima except that the male inflorescences lack a spathe. [1] [2]

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References

  1. Ludwig J. Triest. 1988. Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences d'Outre-Mer. Classe de Sciences Naturelles et Médicales 22: 98, Najas pseudogracillima
  2. "Najas pseudogracillima in Flora of China @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2017-01-31.