Trithuria sect. Hydatella
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| Trithuria sect. Hydatella Temporal range: Early Miocene – Recent[1] | |
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| Flowering Trithuria inconspicua | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Order: | Nymphaeales |
| Family: | Hydatellaceae |
| Genus: | Trithuria |
| Section: | Trithuria sect. Hydatella (Diels) D.D. Sokoloff, Iles, Rudall & S.W. Graham[2] |
| Type species | |
| Trithuria australis (Diels) D.D. Sokoloff, Remizowa, T.D. Macfarl. & Rudall[2] | |
| Species | |
Trithuria sect. Hydatella is a section within the genus Trithuria[2] native to New Zealand and Australia.[3]
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Taxonomy
It was first described as Hydatella Diels by Friedrich Ludwig Emil Diels in 1904.[6][7] After the former genus Hydatella Diels was merged into Trithuria Hook.f. in 2008,[8] the section Trithuria sect. Hydatella (Diels) D.D. Sokoloff, Iles, Rudall & S.W. Graham was described by Dmitry Dmitrievich Sokoloff, William J. D. Iles, Paula J. Rudall, and Sean W. Graham in 2012.[2]
Species
It has four species:
- Trithuria austinensis D.D.Sokoloff, Remizowa, T.D.Macfarl. & Rudall[2]
- Trithuria australis (Diels) D.D.Sokoloff, Remizowa, T.D.Macfarl. & Rudall[2]
- Trithuria filamentosa Rodway[2]
- Trithuria inconspicua Cheeseman[2]
Trithuria inconspicua subsp. brevistyla K.A.Ford
Etymology
The section name Hydatella comes from the former genus Hydatella Diels,[2] whose name is derived from the diminutive of ύδωρ (hydor) meaning water.[9]