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Alisma (water-plantain)

Angiospermae - Alismales - Alismaceae

Taxonomy
Alisma was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant. Its type is Alisma plantago.

It was assigned to Alismataceae by Lakhanpal et al. (1976); and to Alismaceae by Chandler (1963), Shoshani et al. (1989).

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by M. Uhen on 2006-08-08; modified by B. Allen on 2024-07-02

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Alisma Linnaeus
1963Alisma Chandler p. 61
1976Alisma Lakhanpal et al.
1989Alisma Shoshani et al. p. 434

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
phylumSpermatophyta
RankNameAuthor
classAngiospermae
subclassMonocotyledoneae
orderAlismales
familyAlismaceae
genusAlisma

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Alisma Linnaeus 1753 [water-plantain]
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Alisma cordifolia Linnaeus 1753
Alisma damasonium Linnaeus 1753
Alisma flava Linnaeus 1753
Alisma natans Linnaeus 1753
Alisma plantago Linnaeus 1753
Alisma rannunculoides Linnaeus 1753
Alisma subulata Linnaeus 1753
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available