Potamogeton wrightii

Potamogeton wrightii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Potamogetonaceae
Genus: Potamogeton
Species: P. wrightii
Binomial name
Potamogeton wrightii
Morong

Potamogeton wrightii, is an aquatic plant species in the genus Potamogeton. It is found in slow-moving fresh water.

Description

The species is fully submerged.

Ecology

This species is known to be hybridized to Potamogeton lucens in Japan[1] and China.[2]

References

  1. Ito, Y., Nr. Tanaka and K. Uehara (2007) Inferring the origin of Potamogeton ×inbaensis (Potamogetonaceae) using nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequences. Journal of Japanese Botany 82: 20-28.
  2. Ito, Y. and Nr. Tanaka (2013) Additional Potamogeton hybrids from China: Evidence from a comparison of plastid trnT-trnF and nuclear ITS phylogenies. APG: Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica 64: 15-28.
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