Egeria (plant)

For other uses, see Egeria.

Egeria
Egeria densa foliage
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Hydrocharitaceae
Subfamily: Anacharioideae
Genus: Egeria
Planch.
Type species
Egeria densa
Species

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Egeria is a genus of three species of aquatic plants in the family Hydrocharitaceae described as a genus in 1849.[3][2] native to warm-temperate South America.[4]

  1. ^ lectotype designated by Oostroom & Reichgelt, Fl. Neerl. 1(6): 27 (1964)
  2. ^ a b "Tropicos | Name – !Egeria Planch". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
  3. ^ Planchon, Jules Émile. 1849. Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique, sér. 3 11: 79
  4. ^ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-01-31.