Cycnogeton

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Alismatales

Familia: Juncaginaceae
Genus: Cycnogeton
Species: C. alcockiae – C. dubium – C. huegelii – C. lineare – C. microtuberosum – C. multifructum – C. procerum – C. rheophilum
Name

Cycnogeton Endl., Stirp. Australasic. (Ann. Wien. Mus. ii. 210: 1839) 22 (1838)
Type species: Cycnogeton huegelii Endl., Stirp. Herb. Hügel.: 23 (1838)

Note: The circumscription here follows von Mering & Kadereit, (2010) as reported on Govaerts et al. (2014).
References

Endler, S.F.L. (1838) Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte 2: 210. BHL
Mering, S. v. & Kadereit, J.W. 2010. Phylogeny, systematics and recircumscription of Juncaginaceae – a cosmopolitan wetland family. pp. 55–79 in Seberg, O. (ed.): Diversity, Phylogeny, and Evolution in the Monocotyledons. proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on the Comparative Biology of the Monocotyledons and the Fifth International Symposium on Grass Systematics and Evolution. Aarhus University Press, Aarhus, Denmark, ISBN 978-87-7934-398-6. PDF Reference page. Accessed 20 Nov. 2014.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Cycnogeton in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Nov. 22. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2014. Cycnogeton. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Nov. 22.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Cycnogeton. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 22 2014.

Cycnogeton is a genus of plants in the family Juncaginaceae described as a genus in 1838.[1][2] It is native to Australia and New Guinea.[3][4]
Species

The genus consists of the following species:[3]

Cycnogeton alcockiae (Aston) Mering & Kadereit - SA TAS VIC
Cycnogeton dubium (R.Br.) Mering & Kadereit - NG NSW QLD NT VIC WA
Cycnogeton huegelii Endl. - WA
Cycnogeton lineare (Endl.) Sond. - WA
Cycnogeton microtuberosum (Aston) Mering & Kadereit - NSW QLD VIC
Cycnogeton multifructum (Aston) Mering & Kadereit - NSW QLD VIC SA NT
Cycnogeton procerum (R.Br.) Buchenau - NSW QLD VIC SA TAS
Cycnogeton rheophilum (Aston) Mering & Kadereit - NSW QLD VIC TAS

References

Endlicher, Stephan Friedrich Ladislaus. 1838. Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte 2: 210-211 in Latin
Tropicos, Cycnogeton Endl.
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
von Mering, S. & Kadereit, J.W. (2010). Phylogeny, Systematics, and Recircumscription of Juncaginaceae - A Cosmopolitan Wetland Family. Diversity, Phylogeny, and Diversity of the Monocotyledons: 55-79. Aarhus University.