Althenia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Alismatales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Alismatales

Familia: Potamogetonaceae
Genus: Althenia
Species: A. australis – A. bilocularis – A. cylindrocarpa – A. filiformis – A. hearnii – A. marina – A. orientalis – A. patentifolia – A. preissii

Name

Althenia F.Petit, Ann. Sci. Observ. 1: 451. (1829)

• Type species: Althenia filiformis F.Petit, Ann. Sci. Observ. 1: 452 (-456; t. 12). (1829)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Belvalia Delile, Flora 13: 455 (1830)
  • Bellevalia Delile ex Endl., Gen. Pl.: 231 (1836), not validly publ. non Bellevalia Lapeyr., J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Arts 67: 425. (1808). nom. cons.
  • Lepilaena J.Drumm. ex Harv., Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 7: 57 (1855)
  • Hexatheca Sond. ex F.Muell., Fragm. 8: 217 (1874), pro syn.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Europe Southwestern Europe France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Southeastern Europe Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia, Yugoslavia. Eastern Europe South European Russia. Africa Northern Africa Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia. Southern Africa Cape Provinces, Namibia. Asia-Temperate Siberia Altay. Middle Asia Kazakhstan. Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. Western Asia Iran, Turkey. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Petit, F. 1829. Annales des Sciences d'Observation 1: 451.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Althenia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Aug. 13. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Althenia. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 13 2020.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Althenia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.