Biology:Althenia bilocularis

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Althenia bilocularis
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Potamogetonaceae
Genus: Althenia
Species:
A. bilocularis
Binomial name
Althenia bilocularis
(Kirk) Cockayne[1][2]
Synonyms[3]

Lepilaena bilocularis Kirk

Althenia bilocularis is a plant found in both Australia and New Zealand,[3] in fresh to brackish waters. In Australia it is found in all mainland states with the exception of the Northern Territory.[4] In New Zealand it is found on the North, South and Chatham Islands.[5]

Taxonomy

It was first described as Lepilaena bilocularis by Thomas Kirk in 1896.[1][6] It was transferred to the genus, Althenia, in 1927 by Leonard Cockayne.[1][2] This change by Cockayne is supported by DNA analyses.[7]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Althenia bilocularis". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/51312365. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Cockayne, L.C. in Speight, R., Wall, A. & Laing, R.M. (ed.) (1927), Ecological botany of the Canterbury Plains. Natural History of Canterbury: 126
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Althenia bilocularis (Kirk) Cockayne | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:699606-1. 
  4. Conn, B.J. (1994). "Flora of Victoria: Althenia bilocularis". https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/ef72485b-825a-4ef8-be75-adae9bac8b83. 
  5. "Lepilaena bilocularis | New Zealand Plant Conservation Network". http://nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.aspx?ID=760. 
  6. Kirk, T. (1896). "Art. LII: Notes on Certain Veronicas, and descriptions of new species". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 28: 500. http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/image/rsnz_28/rsnz_28_00_0523_0500_ac_01.html. 
  7. Ito, Yu; Tanaka, Norio; García-Murillo, Pablo; Muasya, A. Muthama (2016). "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 98: 261–270. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.02.008. ISSN 10557903. 


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