Elatine gratioloides is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Elatinaceae.[1]

Elatine gratioloides
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Elatinaceae
Genus: Elatine
Species:
E. gratioloides
Binomial name
Elatine gratioloides
Synonyms[1]

Elatine americana var. australiensis Benth.

Its native range is Australia to the south-west Pacific,[1] including New Zealand.[2][3]

It was first described in 1839 by Allan Cunningham,[4][2] who described it from a specimen from "a bog at Tauraki, Hokianga river".[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Elatine gratioloides A.Cunn. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Cunningham, A. (1839). "Florae insularum Novae Zelandiae precursor". Annals of Natural History. 4: 26.
  3. ^ "Elatine gratioloides". New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Elatine gratioloides". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
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