Wiesneria

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Alismataceae
Genus: Wiesneria
Species: W. filifolia – W. schweinfurthii – W. triandra
Name

Wiesneria Micheli, 1881
Synonyms

Wisneria (orth. error)

References

The International Plant Names Index Wisneria.
Micheli, Marc, 1881: Monographiae Phanerogamarum Prodromi nunc Continuato, nunc Revisio Auctoribus Alphonso et Casimir de Candolle Aliisque Botanicis Ultra Memoratis. Paris, iii. 82.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Wiesneria. .
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Wiesneria. .
Wiesneria is a genus in the family Alismataceae. The plant usually lives in natural temporary water pools on lateritic plateaus. Wiesneria triandra was first described in the south of the Indian state of Maharashtra. They are well spread out over the regions they occupy and have no common uses, making them of least concern.[1]

The name commemorates the physiologist Julius Wiesner.[2]
Species

At the present time (May 2015), there are three recognized species:[3]

Wiesneria filifolia Hook.f. - from Uganda to Botswana, plus Madagascar
Wiesneria schweinfurthii Hook.f. - Hook.f. in G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker - from Senegal to Ethiopia, south to Botswana
Wiesneria triandra (Dalzell) Micheli in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle - southern India

References

"Wiesneria triandra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
Gledhill, D. (2008). The names of plants. Cambridge University Press. p. 406. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3.
"World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 31 January 2017.