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| Althenia | |
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| Althenia filiformis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Potamogetonaceae |
| Genus: | Althenia Petit |
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Lepilaena J.Drumm. ex W.H.Harvey[1] | |
Althenia is a genus of aquatic plants of the family Potamogetonaceae.[2] This has long been a group of two species in the Mediterranean Europe and South Africa, but in 2016 was revised to include an Australasian relative, Lepilaena.[3] The genus is named after the agronomist Jean Althen.[4]
- ^ Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 7: 57. 1855 IPNI
- ^ "United States Department of Agriculture database". Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
- ^ Ito, Y., Nr. Tanaka, P. García-Murillo, A.M. Muasya (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.
- ^ "Genus Althenia". CasaBio. Retrieved 28 April 2024.