Potamogeton octandrus

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Potamogeton octandrus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Potamogetonaceae
Genus: Potamogeton
Species:
P. octandrus
Binomial name
Potamogeton octandrus
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Potamogeton octandrus is an aquatic plant species in the genus Potamogeton . It is found in slow-moving fresh water. The specific epithet means 'eight-stamened'. [1]

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Distribution and habitat

This is a common plant in lakes and ponds. It is known from Africa, Asia (Russian Far East, Mongolia, Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam (type), Indonesia (type of P. javanicus), and Papua New Guinea), and Australia (type of P. tenuicaulis). [2] [3]

Description

Aquatic herb.

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References

  1. Gledhill D. 1996. The Names of Plants. Cambridge University Press. ISBN   0521366755
  2. Ito, Y., T. Ohi-Toma, Nb. Tanaka, and J. Murata (2009) New or noteworthy plant collections from Myanmar (3) Caldesia parnassifolia, Nechamandra alternifolia, Potamogeton maackianus and P. octandrus. Journal of Japanese Botany84: 321-329.
  3. Ito, Y. (2013) New records of aquatic plants for the flora of Thailand: Nechamandraalternifolia and Potamogetonoctandrus. Thai Forest Bulletin41: xxx-xxx