Biology:Najas graminea
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Short description: Species of aquatic plant
| Ricefield water-nymph | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Hydrocharitaceae |
| Genus: | Najas |
| Species: | N. graminea
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| Binomial name | |
| Najas graminea Delile
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Najas graminea, also known as ricefield water-nymph[2] is a species of aquatic plant found in freshwater habitats, especially still or slow-moving waters, like ponds and rice fields. It grows to a maximum length of 30 cm. The flowers are monoecious. The flowering season is from July to September.[3][4]</ref>[5][6]
The natural distribution of this annual plant covers most of Africa as well as the Middle East, Central Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, New Caledonia and northern Australia . It has become naturalized in Spain , Italy, Bulgaria, Crimea and California .[7] This plant is also commercialized in the aquarium trade.[citation needed]
References
- ↑ The Plant List
- ↑ "Najas graminea - Ricefield waternymph -- Discover Life". http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Najas+graminea.
- ↑ "Najas graminea Ricefield waternymph PFAF Plant Database". http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Najas+graminea.
- ↑ Raffeneau-Delile, A. (1813). Description de l'Égypte, ou, Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française. 2. p. 282. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15903984. 50, f. 3
- ↑ Tzvelev, Nikolai Nikolaievich. 1976. Novosti Sistematiki Vysshikh Rastenii 13: 20, Caulinia graminea
- ↑ Triest, Ludwig J. 1988. Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Outre-Mer, Sci. Nat. Nouv. Sér. 22(1): 143, Najas graminea var. longidentata
- ↑ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew" (in en-GB). http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=308249.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q846692 entry
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