Najas tenuifolia

Najas tenuifolia is an aquatic plant growing in fresh water ponds. It is a native to Hong Kong, Thailand, Indonesia (Java, Maluku, Sulawesi, Bali, Lombok, Timor), the Philippines and Australia (every state and territory except Tasmania).[2]

Najas tenuifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Hydrocharitaceae
Genus: Najas
Species:
N. tenuifolia
Binomial name
Najas tenuifolia
Synonyms[1]
  • Najas graminea var. tenuifolia (R.Br.) A.Braun
  • Najas leichhardtii Magnus

Varieties and Subspecies

Four varietal are currently recognized:[1][3]

  • Najas tenuifolia var. celebica (Koord.) W.J.de Wilde - Sulawesi[4][5]
  • Najas tenuifolia var. pseudograminea (W.Koch) W.J.de Wilde - most of specific range[4][6]
  • Najas tenuifolia var. tenuifolia - Sulawesi, Australia

References
  1. The Plant List
  2. Robert, Brown (1810-01-01). "Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van-Diemen". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
  4. de Wilde, Willem Jan Jacobus Oswald. 1962. Flora Malesiana 6: 168.
  5. Koorders, Sijfert Hendrik . 1898. Mededeelingen uit's Lands Plantentuin 19: 270, Najas celebica
  6. Koch, Walo. 1935. Berichte der Schweizerischen Botanischen Gesellschaft 44: 339, Najas pseudograminea
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