Najas madagascariensis Rendle

First published in Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 5: 402 (1899)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Madagascar. It is a hydroannual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Madagascar

Introduced into:

Mauritius

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bosser, J. & al. (1984). Flore des Mascareignes 191-201 IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Jumelle, H. (1950). Flore de Madagascar et des Comores (Plantes Vasculaires) 21-22 Typographie Firmin-Didot et Cie., Paris.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Bosser, J. & al. (1984). Flore des Mascareignes 191-201 IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.

Other Data

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Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0