''Potamophila'' is a genus of
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...
n plants in the
grass family
Poaceae ( ), also called Gramineae ( ), is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos, the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in ...
.
Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
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The only known species is ''Potamophila parviflora''.[Ge, S., et al. (2002)]
A phylogeny of the rice tribe Oryzeae (Poaceae) based on matK sequence data.
''American Journal of Botany'' 89(12) 1967-72.[Guo, Y. and S. Ge. (2005)]
Molecular phylogeny of Oryzeae (Poaceae) based on DNA sequences from chloroplast, mitochondrial, and nuclear genomes.
''American Journal of Botany'' 92(9) 1548-58.[Abedinia, M., et al. (1998)]
Distribution and phylogeny of ''Potamophila parviflora'' R.Br., a wild relative of rice from eastern Australia.
''Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution'' 45 399-406.[Genus ''Potamophila''.]
New South Wales Flora Online. National Herbarium, Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. It is endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
to New South Wales
New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...
.[''Potamophila parviflora'' R.Br.]
The Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
This species is a reedlike aquatic
Aquatic means relating to water; living in or near water or taking place in water; does not include groundwater, as "aquatic" implies an environment where plants and animals live.
Aquatic(s) may also refer to:
* Aquatic animal, either vertebrate ...
perennial grass growing up to 1.5 meters tall. It grows in and next to river
A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...
s.[
It is a member of the rice tribe, ]Oryzeae
Oryzeae is a Tribe (biology), tribe of flowering plants in the true grass family, Poaceae. It contains 11 genera, including both cultivated rice (''Oryza'') and wild rice (''Zizania'').
Genera
There are 11 genera classified in two subtribes:
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.[ Among its closest relatives are the ]wild rice
Wild rice, also called manoomin, mnomen, psíŋ, Canada rice, Indian rice, or water oats, is any of four species of grasses that form the genus ''Zizania'', and the grain that can be harvested from them. The grain was historically and is sti ...
species of genus ''Zizania
Wild rice, also called manoomin, mnomen, psíŋ, Canada rice, Indian rice, or water oats, is any of four species of Poaceae, grasses that form the genus ''Zizania'', and the grain that can be harvested from them. The grain was historically an ...
''.[Henry, R. J. ''Plant Resources for Food, Fuel and Conservation''. Earthscan. 2010. pg. 27.]
References
Oryzoideae
Monotypic Poaceae genera
Flora of New South Wales
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