Cycnogeton alcockiae, also known as southern water-ribbons, Alcock's water-ribbons or dwarf water-ribbons, is a plant in the arrowgrass family native to south-eastern Australia, where it has been recorded from South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria. It is found in freshwater and brackish wetland communities, in pools, swamps and the margins of streams, where it grows to about 20 cm in height. The fruit is a papery capsule.[3]
| Cycnogeton alcockiae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Juncaginaceae |
| Genus: | Cycnogeton |
| Species: | C. alcockiae
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| Binomial name | |
| Cycnogeton alcockiae (Aston) Mering & Kadereit
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Triglochin alcockiae Aston [1] | |
The species was first described as Triglochin alcockiae by Helen Aston in 1993, with the species epithet honouring a Mrs Kath Alcock of Narracoorte.[1] in 2010, the species was transferred to the genus, Cycnogeton.[4][5]
References
edit- ^ a b H.I. Aston (1993). "New Australian species of Triglochin L. (Juncaginaceae) formerly included in T. procerum R.Br" (PDF). Muelleria. 8 (1): 85. doi:10.5962/P.198501. ISSN 0077-1813. Wikidata Q104398490.
- ^ "Cycnogeton alcockiae (Aston) Mering & Kadereit". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 June 2017 – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
- ^ "Triglochin alcockiae". Understorey Network. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
- ^ "Cycnogeton alcockiae". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- ^ Mering, S. von & Kadereit, J.W. (2010). "Phylogeny, systematics and recircumscription of Juncaginaceae - a cosmopolitan wetland family". In Seberg, O., Petersen, G., Barfod, A.S. & Davis, J.I. (ed.). Diversity, Phylogeny, and Evolution in the Monocotyledons. p. 73.
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