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Description
Family Podostemaceae
Herbs, annual
or perennial
, aquatic
. Roots
usually flattened, thalloid
or filiform
. Leaves distichous, scattered
, or imbricate, base
often sheathed, margin
entire or dissected
. Flowers bisexual
, solitary, actinomorphic
or zygomorphic, enclosed or not by a spathella or spathella lacking. Tepals 2-5, free
or ± connate
. Stamens 1-4, hypogynous; filaments
free or partially connate; anthers
2-4-loculed, longitudinally or irregularly dehiscent
. Ovary superior, 2- or 3-loculed; ovules numerous
, placenta central. Styles 2 or 3. Fruit a septicidal
capsule. Seeds numerous, minute, without endosperm.
About 40 genera and 200 species: widespread in tropical regions
, a few species in temperate regions
: three genera and four species (two endemic) in China.
The plants
live attached to submerged rocks or wood
in rushing water in rapids
or cataracts
of streams
and rivers
. They are easily overlooked, and more field work
is needed.[1]
Habitat
Biome: Freshwater[2].
Ecology:
The species only occurs attached to rocky substrates in river
rapids
and waterfalls
.[2].
List of Habitats
:
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls) [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:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Saxifraganae
()
- Reveal, 1994
- Order:
Malpighiales
()
- C. Martius, 1835
- Family:
Podostemaceae
()
- Richard ex Kunth, in Humboldt et al., 1816, nom. cons.
- River-Weed Family
- Genus:
Polypleurum
()
- (Tulasne) Warming, 1901
- Specific epithet:
sisaketense
- M.Kato & Koi
- Botanical name: - Polypleurum sisaketense M.Kato & Koi
- Specific epithet:
sisaketense
- M.Kato & Koi
- Genus:
Polypleurum
(
- Family:
Podostemaceae
(
- Order:
Malpighiales
(
- Superorder:
Saxifraganae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Publishing author : M .Kato & Koi Publication : Gard. Bull . Singapore 61(1): 59 (-60; fig. 3) 2009 [Oct 2009]
Similar Species
Members of the genus Polypleurum
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Further Reading
- IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.1). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 16 June 2011).
- Kato, M. and Koi, S. 2009. Taxonomic Studies of Podostemaceae of Thailand. 3. Six New and a Rediscovered Species. Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore 61(1): 55-72.
- The Plant List. 2010. The Plant List. Available at: http://www.theplantlist.org/.
- Wu Te-lin. 1988. Podostemaceae. In: Kiu Hua-shing & Ling Yeou-ruenn, eds., Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 24: 15.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 30, 2012.
- Juffe Bignoli, D. 2011. Polypleurum sisaketense. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
Identifiers
- IUCN ID: 234680
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4571427
Footnotes
- Huaxing Qiu & C. Thomas Philbrick "Podostemaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 5 Page 190. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
- Juffe Bignoli, D. 2011. Polypleurum sisaketense. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]
