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Showing Althenia

Zannichelliaceae Chevall.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Lilianae(superordo)
Alismatales(ordo)
Potamogetonaceae(fam.)
Althenia(gen.)

Althenia F.Petit

, legitimate

, scientific

Petit, F. in Saigey, J.F. & Raspail, F.V. (ed.) (1829), Altheniae novi plantarum generis descriptio.

Annales des Sciences d'Observation

451-452, t. 12

[tax. nov.]

Type: Althenia filiformis F.Petit

Etymology: "Nomen genericum imposui in memoriam B. Althen, de patriâ nostrâ benè meriti, qui sub medium elapsi seculi, Rubiae tinctoriae culturam, per Gallo-provinciam et occitaniam instituit."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1888), Key to the System of Victorian Plants 1

443

[secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae.

Flora of South Australia

[secondary reference]

Etymology: "After J. Althen, a Persian, who took refuge in France and introduced the cultivation of madder, Rubia tinctorum, in 1760."

Chapman, A.D. (1991), Australian Plant Name Index

171

[secondary reference]

Comment: Chapman lists the type species of the genus as "Althenia ruppia", a name which does not exist. This is apparently a misinterpretation of the protologue, in which Petit provides a diagnosis to distinguish his new genus from Ruppia L.

Ito, Y., Tanaka, N., Garcia-Murillo, P. & Muasya, A.M. (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

267

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Lepilaena J.Drumm. ex Harv.

legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census

- APC

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Lepilaena J.Drumm. ex Harv.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Hexatheca Benth.

nom. inval., pro syn.

taxonomic synonym:

Hexatheca F.Muell.

nom. inval., pro syn.

APC Dist.: WA, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas

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