Potamogeton tepperi
Member of the daisy family, native to WA
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Potamogeton tepperi is a water herb, belonging to the Potamogetonaceae family in the order Alismatales.[3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Potamogetonaceae |
| Genus: | Potamogeton |
| Species: | P. tepperi |
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Taxonomy
The species was first described in 1887 by the British botanist, Arthur Bennett,[1][2] from a specimen collected by Frederick Manson Bailey from a pool 500 miles north of Brisbane, and another collected from a river in South Australia by Johann Gottlieb Otto Tepper (who is honoured in the species epithet).[2]
Description
It is an aquatic, rhizomatous perennial herb which has both submerged and floating leaves. The stems are terete and up to 3 m long. Stipules convolute, free from the base of leaf blade. Both submerged leaves and floating leaves are petiolate with lanceolate blades. The Inflorescence is a terminal spike up to 5 cm long which emerges above the water. The peduncles are erect, and recurved when fruiting. The fruit is reddish, brownish or green and keeled with a prominent beak. It flowers and fruits in the dry season.[4]
Distribution & habitat
In Australia it has been found in Western Australia, South Australia, and Queensland, in warm and permanent waters.[4]