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Wiesneria

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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.

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Vinony's link graph records 6 inbound references to Wiesneria, and connects out to India, Ethiopia and Madagascar.

It is catalogued under topics including Alismataceae and Alismataceae genera.

Vinony links it to 13 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderAlismatales
  5. FamilyAlismataceae
Native toAngola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, India, Ivory Coast, Madagascar
Observations10
Observations recorded200

Wiesneria Micheli – rodzaj roślin z rodziny żabieńcowatych (Alismataceae), obejmujący trzy gatunki występujące w tropikalnej Afryce, na Madagaskarze i w południowych Indiach. Nazwa naukowa rodzaju została nadana na cześć austriackiego botanika i odkrywcy Juliusa Wiesnera.

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Family
Alismataceae
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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.

The name commemorates the physiologist Julius Wiesner.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wiesneria” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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