Tristicha

Tristicha
Tristicha trifaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Podostemaceae
Genus: Tristicha
Thouars (1806)
Species:
T. trifaria
Binomial name
Tristicha trifaria
(Bory ex Willd.) Spreng. (1824)
Subspecies[1]
  • Tristicha trifaria subsp. pulchella (Wedd.) C.Cusset & G.Cusset
  • Tristicha trifaria subsp. tlatlayana (Matuda) C.Cusset & G.Cusset
  • Tristicha trifaria subsp. trifaria
Synonyms[2][1]
  • Dufourea Bory ex Willd. (1810)
  • Heterotristicha Tobler (1953)
  • Philocrena Bong. (1832)
  • Potamobryon Liebm. (1847)
  • Tristichopsis A.Chev. (1938), no Latin descr.
  • Dufourea trifaria Bory ex Willd. (1810)

Tristicha trifaria is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Podostemaceae. It is the sole species in genus Tristicha.[2] It is an aquatic subshrub native to the tropical and subtropical Americas, Africa, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, and northwestern Australia.[1]

Subspecies

Three subspecies are accepted.[1]

  • Tristicha trifaria subsp. pulchella (Wedd.) C.Cusset & G.Cusset – Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Chad, Sudan, and southern Egypt
  • Tristicha trifaria subsp. tlatlayana (Matuda) C.Cusset & G.Cusset – central Mexico
  • Tristicha trifaria subsp. trifaria – northeastern Mexico to Northeastern Argentina; sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar; Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia; Northern Territory and Western Australia

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Tristicha trifaria (Bory ex Willd.) Spreng. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Tristicha Thouars | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 12 May 2024.