Podostemum

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Podostemaceae
Subfamilia: Podostemoideae
Genus: Podostemum
Species: P. acuminatum – P. ceratophyllum – P. comatum – P. distichum – P. flagelliforme – P. irgangii – P. muelleri – P. ovatum – P. rutifolium – P. saldanhanum – P. scaturiginum – P. weddellianum
Name

Podostemum Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. (Michaux) 2: 164, t. 44. (1803)

Type species: Podostemum ceratophyllum Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. (Michaux) 2: 165. t. 44.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Crenias Spreng.
Devillea Tul. & Wedd.
Dicraea Tul.
Dicraeia Thouars
Mavaelia Trimen
Mniopsis Mart.

References

Michaux, A. 1803. Flora Boreali-Americana (Michaux) 2: 164, t. 44.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Podostemum in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Apr. 21. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2020. Podostemum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Apr. 21. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Podostemum. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 21 2020.
Philbrick, C.T. 2004. Monograph of Podostemum (Podostemaceae). Systematic Botany Monographs 70: 1-106. DOI: 10.2307/25027922 JSTOR Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Podostemum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Apr. 21.

Podostemum/Podostemon is a genus of plants in the family Podostemaceae. It is an aquatic plant with threadlike roots that attaches to rocks.[1]
References

"Podostemaceae". Retrieved 3 September 2014.