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Althenia
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Althenia

Althenia is a genus of aquatic plants of the family Potamogetonaceae. 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. The genus is named after the agronomist Jean Althen.

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Althenia filiformis

speciesAlthenia filiformis

Althenia orientalis

speciesAlthenia orientalis

Althenia bilocularis

speciesAlthenia bilocularis

Long-Fruit Water-Mat

speciesAlthenia cylindrocarpa

Althenia preissii

speciesAlthenia preissii

Althenia hearnii

speciesAlthenia hearnii

Althenia australis

speciesAlthenia australis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 485624.