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Interesting Facts
Description
Genus Aponogeton
Herbs with milky
sap
. Leaves sheathing
at base
; axillary scales
present. Inflorescences branched [unbranched], projected
above water. Flowers bilaterally symmetric
, sessile; stamens 6--18--[50]; filaments
distinct
; anthers
2-locular; pistils 2--6[--9], sessile. Fruits: beak
terminal
[lateral
], curved
or straight. Seeds: endosperm absent; seed coat
single or double
. x
= 8.
Species 47: North America; native
, Africa; tropical regions
, Eastern Hemisphere.[1]
Habitat
Biome: Freshwater[2].
Ecology:
This plant has been found at the edge
of a vlei (shallow seasonal
or intermittent
lake
).[2].
List of Habitats
:
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.8 Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Spermatopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Alismatidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Alismatanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Alismatales
()
- Dumortier, 1829
- Family:
Aponogetonaceae
()
- Planchon, 1844 ex Planchon, 1856, nom. cons.
- Genus:
Aponogeton
()
- Linnaeus f., 1782, nom. cons.
- [Greek, from aquatic habitat]
- Subgenus:
nom
()
- Specific epithet:
azureus
- H.Bruggen
- Botanical name: - Aponogeton azureus H.Bruggen
- Specific epithet:
azureus
- H.Bruggen
- Subgenus:
nom
(
- Genus:
Aponogeton
(
- Family:
Aponogetonaceae
(
- Order:
Alismatales
(
- Superorder:
Alismatanae
(
- Subclass:
Alismatidae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 06-Jan-2005
Similar Species
Members of the genus Aponogeton
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 4 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
A. crispus (Crinkled Aponogeton) · A. distachyos (Cape Pond Weed) · A. distachyus (Water-Hawthorn) · A. natans (Floating Lace Plant)
More Info
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Further Reading
- Clarke, N.V. and Klaassen, E.S. 2001. Water Plants of Namibia An Identification Manual. Ocasional Contributions 2, National Botanical Research Institute, Windhoek, Namibia.
- Cook, C.D.K. 2004. Aquatic and wetland plants of southern Africa. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.
- IUCN. 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2010.3). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 2 September 2010).
- South African National Biodiversity Institute. 2007. PRE (National Herbarium, Pretoria) Computerised Information System.
- Van Bruggen, H.W.E. 1985. A Monograph of the genus Aponogeton (Aponogetonaceae). Bibliotheca Botanica 137: 1-65.
- van Bruggen, H.W.E. 1973. Revision of the genus Aponogeton (Aponogetonaceae): VI. - The species of Africa. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique - Bulletin van de Nationale Plantentuin van België 43(404): 193-233.
- van Bruggen, H.W.E. 1985. A Monograph of the genus Aponogeton (Aponogetonaceae). Bibliotheca Botanica 137: 1-65.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Sieben, E. 2010. Aponogeton azureus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5990168
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-299932
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16603527
- IUCN ID: 192159
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 718790
Footnotes
- "Aponogeton". in Flora of North America Vol. 22. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
- Sieben, E. 2010. Aponogeton azureus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]
