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108.0000 Family Potamogetonaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Přír. Rostlin Aneb. Rostlin 1(7-13): 1, 3 (1823), nom. cons.
5-7 genera, ca. 110 spp.
Species listed in database: 108; hybrids: 85
= Hydrogetonaceae Link; (1829)
= Potamogetoneae Dumort.; Fl. Belg. [Dumortier] 163 (1827)
= Potamogetonineae Engl.; Syllabus (ed. 2): 72 (1898)
= Potamogetonoideae Luerss.; Handb. Syst. Bot. [Luerssen] 2: 304 (1879)
= Zannichelliaceae Chevall.; Fl. Gen. Env. Paris 2: 257 (1827), nom. cons.
= Zannichellieae Dumort.; Fl. Belg. [Dumortier] 164 (1827)
= Zannichellioideae Buchenau; Fl. Nordwestdeut. Tiefebene 42 (1894)
108.0001 Genus Althenia F.Petit; Ann. Sci. Observ. 1: 451 (1829)
Distribution: Australia (7), Europe, Asia, North Africa
Species listed in database: 10
= Bellevalia Delile ex Endl.; Gen. Pl. [Endlicher] 231 (1836), nom. inval.
= Belvalia Delile; Flora 13: 455 (1830)
= Lepilaena J.Linn.Drumm. ex Harv.; Hooker´s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 7: 57 (1855)
= Hexatheca Sond. ex F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 8: 217 (1874)
species :
Althenia australis (J.Drumm. ex Harv.) Asch.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl], 2. Aufl., 50: 214 (1887)
Distribution: Australia (SW-Western Australia, SE-South Australia, SW-New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Hexatheca australis Sond. ex Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 7: 180 (1878)
= Lepilaena australis J.Drumm. ex Harv.; Hooker´s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 7: 58 (1855)
species :
Althenia bilocularis (Kirk) Cockayne; Nat. Hist. Canterbury [Speight, Wall & Laing] 126 (1927)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania); New Zealand; Chatham Isl.
50 AUS 51 CTM NZL
Synonyms: hidden
= Lepilaena bilocularis Kirk; Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 28: 500 (1895 publ. 1896)
= Lepilaena biloculata Kirk; Rep. School Agric. Lincoln 3: 18 (1884), nomen
species :
Althenia cylindrocarpa (Benth.) Asch.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl], 2. Aufl., 1: 213 (1887)
Distribution: Australia (South Australia, SE-Victoria, Tasmania)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Lepilaena cylindrocarpa (Körner ex C.Muell.) Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 7: 180 (1878)
= Zannichellia cylindrocarpa Körner ex C.Muell.; Ann. Bot. Syst. [Walpers] 6: 3 (1861)
species :
Althenia filiformis F.Petit; Ann. Sci. Observ. 1: 451 (1829)
Distribution: France
12 FRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Althenia setacea Delile ex F.Petit; Ann. Sci. Observ. 1: 451 (1829)
= Belvalia australis Delile; Flora 13: 455 (1830), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Zannichellia vaginalis Delile ex Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 3: 126 (1841)
species :
Althenia hearnii T.D.Macfarl. & D.D.Sokoloff; Phytotaxa 317(1): 54 (2017)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia)
50 AUS
species :
Althenia marina (E.L.Robertson) Yu Ito; Molec. Phylogen. Evol. 98: 267 (2016)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Bass Strait Isl.)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Lepilaena marina E.L.Robertson; Marine Benthic Fl. South. Australia 1: 80 (1984)
species :
Althenia orientalis (Tzvelev) García-Mur. & Talavera; Lagascalia 14(1): 108 (1986)
subspecies :
subsp. orientalis
Distribution: Portugal; Spain (S-Spain); Baleares (Menorca); Sardinia; Italy; Sicily; Croatia; Greece (very rare Naxos, N-Attiki); Crete (E-Crete, Gavdos Isl.); European Russia (S-European Russia); Morocco; Namibia; South Africa (N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Siberia (SW-Siberia, Novosibirsk, Omsk); Northern Caucasus; Turkey (S-Anatolia: Adana); Iran (S-Iran)
12 BAL POR SAR SPA 13 CRO GRC ITA KRI SIC 14 RUS 20 MOR 27 NAM SAF 30 SIB 33 NCS 34 IRN TUR
Remarks: A. barrandonii (France, Italy) is sometimes kept separate
Synonyms: hidden
= Althenia barrandonii Duval-Jouve; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 19: 89 (1872), Compt.-rend. 75: 95 (1872)
= Althenia filiformis subsp. barrandonii (Duval-Jouve) Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 684 (1882)
= Althenia filiformis subsp. orientalis Tzvelev; Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 60(3): 390 (1975)
= Althenia filiformis var. barrandonii (Duval-Jouve) García-Mur. & Talavera; Lagascalia 14(1): 107 (1986)
= Bellevalia australis Delile ex Parl.; Fl. Ital. [Parlatore] 3: 648 (1860), pro syn.
subspecies :
subsp. betpakdalensis (Tzvelev) García-Mur. & Talavera; Lagascalia 14(1): 112 (1986)
Distribution: Algeria; Tunisia
20 ALG TUN
Synonyms: hidden
= Althenia filiformis subsp. betpakdalensis Tzvelev; Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 60: 390 (1957)
species :
Althenia patentifolia (E.L.Robertson) T.D.Macfarl. & D.D.Sokoloff; Phytotaxa 317(1): 58 (2017)
Distribution: Australia (S-South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Lepilaena patentifolia E.L.Robertson; Fl. S. Austral. [J.M.Black], ed. 4, 4: 1736 (1986)
species :
Althenia preissii (Lehm.) Asch. & Graebn.; Pflanzenreich [Engler], IV.11, Heft 31 (Potamoget.): 160 (1907)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales, Bass Strait Isl.)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Hexatheca preissii Sond. ex F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 8: 217 (1874), pro syn.
= Lepilaena preissii (Lehm.) F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 8: 217 (1874)
= Zannichellia preissii Lehm.; Pl. Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehmann] 2: 3 (1846)
species :
Althenia tzvelevii T.D.Macfarl. & D.D.Sokoloff; Phytotaxa 471(3): 195 (2020)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia)
50 AUS
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