Stratiotes

Water soldier
Stratiotes aloides[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Hydrocharitaceae
Subfamily: Stratiotoideae
Luersson
Genus: Stratiotes
L.
Species:
S. aloides
Binomial name
Stratiotes aloides
Synonyms[2]
  • Stratiotes aquaticus Pall.
  • Stratiotes ensiformis Gilib.
  • Stratiotes aculeatus Stokes
  • Stratiotes generalis E.H.L.Krause

Stratiotes is a genus of submerged aquatic plant commonly known as water soldiers,[3] described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753.[4][5] Several specific names have been coined within the genus, but at present only one is recognized: Stratiotes aloides. native to Europe and NW Asia.[2]

formerly included in genus

moved to other genera: Enhalus Hydrocleys Ottelia

  1. Stratiotes acoroides - Enhalus acoroides
  2. Stratiotes alismoides - Ottelia alismoides
  3. Stratiotes nymphoides - Hydrocleys nymphoides
  4. Stratiotes quinquealatus - Ottelia alismoides
  1. ^ 1885 illustration of Stratoides aloides, water soldier from Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomas, Flora von Deutschland Österreich und der Schweiz. 1885, Gera, Germany
  2. ^ a b "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
  3. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Stratiotes". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  4. ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 535 in Latin
  5. ^ "Tropicos | Name – Stratiotes L." www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2017-02-01.

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