''Potamophila'' is a genus of
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
n plants in the
grass family
Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns and ...
.
Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
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The only known species is ''Potamophila parviflora''.[Ge, S., et al. (2002)]
A phylogeny of the rice tribe Oryzeae (Poaceae) based on matK sequence data.
''American Journal of Botany'' 89(12) 1967-72.[Guo, Y. and S. Ge. (2005)]
Molecular phylogeny of Oryzeae (Poaceae) based on DNA sequences from chloroplast, mitochondrial, and nuclear genomes.
''American Journal of Botany'' 92(9) 1548-58.[Abedinia, M., et al. (1998)]
Distribution and phylogeny of ''Potamophila parviflora'' R.Br., a wild relative of rice from eastern Australia.
''Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution'' 45 399-406.[Genus ''Potamophila''.]
New South Wales Flora Online. National Herbarium, Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. It is endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to New South Wales
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.[''Potamophila parviflora'' R.Br.]
The Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
This species is a reedlike aquatic perennial grass growing up to 1.5 meters tall. It grows in and next to river
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...
s.[
It is a member of the rice tribe, ]Oryzeae
Oryzeae is a tribe of flowering plants in the true grass family, Poaceae. It contains 11 genera, including both cultivated rice (''Oryza'') and wild rice
Wild rice, also called manoomin, Canada rice, Indian rice, or water oats, is any of ...
.[ Among its closest relatives are the ]wild rice
Wild rice, also called manoomin, Canada rice, Indian rice, or water oats, is any of four species of grasses that form the genus ''Zizania'', and the grain that can be harvested from them. The grain was historically gathered and eaten in both ...
species of genus ''Zizania
Wild rice, also called manoomin, Canada rice, Indian rice, or water oats, is any of four species of grasses that form the genus ''Zizania'', and the grain that can be harvested from them. The grain was historically gathered and eaten in both ...
''.[Henry, R. J. ''Plant Resources for Food, Fuel and Conservation''. Earthscan. 2010. pg. 27.]
References
Oryzoideae
Monotypic Poaceae genera
Flora of New South Wales
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