''Najas pseudogracillima'', called the Hong Kong water nymph, is an

aquatic plant Aquatic plants are plants that have adapted to living in aquatic environments (saltwater or freshwater). They are also referred to as hydrophytes or macrophytes to distinguish them from algae and other microphytes. A macrophyte is a plant that ...

growing in fresh water ponds. It is a rare and little-known species known from one collection from a pond on the campus of

Chung Chi College The Chung Chi College is one of the constituent colleges of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), and one of the three original colleges that joined to form the CUHK in 1963. Founded in 1951 by representatives of Protestant churches in ...

at the

Chinese University of Hong Kong The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is a public research university in Ma Liu Shui, Hong Kong, formally established in 1963 by a charter granted by the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. It is the territory's second-oldest university an ...

. It is very similar to '' N. gracillima'' except that the male inflorescences lack a spathe.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15612612 pseudogracillima Aquatic plants Flora of Hong Kong Flora of China Plants described in 1988