Potamogeton × inbaensis

Potamogeton × inbaensis is an inter-species hybrid in the genus Potamogeton. It is found in slow-moving fresh water.

Potamogeton × inbaensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Potamogetonaceae
Genus: Potamogeton
Species:
P. × inbaensis
Binomial name
Potamogeton × inbaensis
Kadono

The species is fully submerged. The hybrid was described in 1983 in Chiba Pref. Japan as an interspecific hybrid between P. lucens and P. malaianus (syn. P. wrightii),[1] and then genetically confirmed the hybridity as well as parental combinations.[2][3] This hybrid is also found in China.[4]

It is known to be a sterile hybrid.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Kadono Y. 1983. New hybrids of Potamogeton from Lake Inba-numa, Chiba Prefecture. APG: Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica 34: 51–54.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Amano et al. (2008) Origin and present status of Potamogeton ×inbaensis in a natural population of Oitoike pond, Kitakyushu-City, Japan. bunrui 8(2): 129-139
  4. ^ 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