Biology:Cycnogeton

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants


Cycnogeton
Cycnogeton procerum flowerhead1 - Flickr - Macleay Grass Man.jpg
Cycnogeton procerum
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Juncaginaceae
Genus: Cycnogeton
Endl.

Cycnogeton is a genus of plants in the family Juncaginaceae described as a genus in 1838.[1][2] It is native to Australia and New Guinea.[3][4]

Species

The genus consists of the following species:[3]

  • Cycnogeton alcockiae (Aston) Mering & Kadereit - SA TAS VIC
  • Cycnogeton dubium (R.Br.) Mering & Kadereit - NG NSW QLD NT VIC WA
  • Cycnogeton huegelii Endl. - WA
  • Cycnogeton lineare (Endl.) Sond. - WA
  • Cycnogeton microtuberosum (Aston) Mering & Kadereit - NSW QLD VIC
  • Cycnogeton multifructum (Aston) Mering & Kadereit - NSW QLD VIC SA NT
  • Cycnogeton procerum (R.Br.) Buchenau - NSW QLD VIC SA TAS
  • Cycnogeton rheophilum (Aston) Mering & Kadereit - NSW QLD VIC TAS

References

  1. Endlicher, Stephan Friedrich Ladislaus. 1838. Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte 2: 210-211 in Latin
  2. Tropicos, Cycnogeton Endl.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. von Mering, S. & Kadereit, J.W. (2010). Phylogeny, Systematics, and Recircumscription of Juncaginaceae - A Cosmopolitan Wetland Family. Diversity, Phylogeny, and Diversity of the Monocotyledons: 55-79. Aarhus University.

Wikidata ☰ Q17291349 entry