Trithuria konkanensis is a species of aquatic plant in the family Hydatellaceae endemic to India.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Order: | Nymphaeales |
| Family: | Hydatellaceae |
| Genus: | Trithuria |
| Species: | T. konkanensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Trithuria konkanensis | |
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| Trithuria konkanensis is endemic to India[1] | |
Description
editVegetative characteristics
editIt is an annual, green to red, aquatic, 1.3 cm tall herb with numerous linear, erect or spread out, 12 mm long, and 0.8 mm wide leaves produced on reduced stems. The roots are fibrous and unbranched.[3][4]
Generative characteristics
editIt is a monoecious species with numerous, bisexual reproductive units. The reproductive units consist of up to 2 mm long peduncles, two linear, 5 mm long, and 0.6 mm wide bracts, as well as 15-20 carpels, which surround the single, red, central stamen.[4] The pollen grains are 16.1–21.1 µm long, and 14.6–18.1 µm wide.[5] It can self-pollinate,[5][6] but cross-pollination could possibly also occur.[5] Flowering and fruiting occurs from August to September.[2]
Cytology
editIt is a tetraploid species with a chromosome count of 2n = 40.[5]
Distribution
editIt is endemic to India.[1] This is unusual for its genus, as it is the only species occurring outside of Australia and New Zealand.[7]
Taxonomy
editIt was described by Shrirang Ramchandra Yadav and Malapati Kuppuswamy Janarthanam in 1994.[4][1] The type specimen was collected by S. R. Yadav and M. K. Janarthanam in Maharashtra, India on the 20th of September 1993.[4] It is placed in Trithuria sect. Hamannia.[6][8]
Etymology
editThe specific epithet konkanensis references the Konkan region, from which the type specimen was collected.[4]
Ecology
editIts habitat consists of ephemeral bodies of water. The substrate is sand and gravel. It occurs sympatrically with Utricularia, Cyperus, Dimeria, and Eriocaulon.[4] The temperature in its habitat ranges from 18 to 35°C.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Trithuria konkanensis S.R.Yadav & Janarth". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
- ^ a b Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. https://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Trithuria%20konkanensis Downloaded on 8 November 2024.
- ^ a b Yadav, S. R., & Janarthanam, M. K. (1995). Trithuria konkanensis (Hydatellaceae), eine neue Art aus Indien.
- ^ a b c d e f Yadav, S. R., & Janarthanam, M. K. (1994). Hydatellaceae: a new family to Indian flora with a new species.
- ^ a b c d Remizowa, M. V., Sokoloff, D. D., Macfarlane, T. D., Yadav, S. R., Prychid, C. J., & Rudall, P. J. (2008). Comparative pollen morphology in the early‐divergent angiosperm family Hydatellaceae reveals variation at the infraspecific level. Grana, 47(2), 81-100.
- ^ a b Iles, W. J., Rudall, P. J., Sokoloff, D. D., Remizowa, M. V., Macfarlane, T. D., Logacheva, M. D., & Graham, S. W. (2012). Molecular phylogenetics of Hydatellaceae (Nymphaeales): Sexual‐system homoplasy and a new sectional classification. American Journal of Botany, 99(4), 663-676.
- ^ Sokoloff, D. D., Remizowa, M. V., Yadav, S. R., & Rudall, P. J. (2010). Development of reproductive structures in the sole Indian species of Hydatellaceae, Trithuria konkanensis, and its morphological differences from Australian taxa. Australian Systematic Botany, 23(4), 217-228.
- ^ Sokoloff, D. D., Remizowa, M. V., Beer, A. S., Yadav, S. R., Macfarlane, T. D., Ramsay, M. M., & Rudall, P. J. (2013). Impact of spatial constraints during seed germination on the evolution of angiosperm cotyledons: A case study from tropical hydatellaceae (Nymphaeales). American Journal of Botany, 100(5), 824–843. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23434582