Elatine gratioloides is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Elatinaceae.[1]
Elatine gratioloides | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Elatinaceae |
Genus: | Elatine |
Species: | E. gratioloides
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Binomial name | |
Elatine gratioloides | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Elatine americana var. australiensis Benth. |
Its native range is Australia to the south-west Pacific,[1] including New Zealand.[2][3]
It was first described in 1839 by Allan Cunningham,[4][2] who described it from a specimen from "a bog at Tauraki, Hokianga river".[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Elatine gratioloides A.Cunn. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Cunningham, A. (1839). "Florae insularum Novae Zelandiae precursor". Annals of Natural History. 4: 26.
- ^ "Elatine gratioloides". New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "Elatine gratioloides". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.