Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Alismatales R.Br. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Potamogetonaceae Bercht. & J.Presl
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Zannichellia L.
 Description

Monoec. Infl. of 1 ♂ and several ♀. ♂ of a single stamen; anther 2-celled; pollen spherical. Carpels enclosed in hyaline cup-shaped membrane, shortly stipitate; ovary globose; style short; stigma obliquely peltate. Fr. ± arcuate. Rhizome threadlike, rooting at nodes and giving off long slender branches. Lvs in apparent whorls of 3–4 separated by long internodes; stipules colourless, membr., free from lf-base, sheathing stem, soon deciduous.

[From: Moore and Edgar (1970) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 2.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
Number of species in New Zealand within Zannichellia L.
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Non-endemic)1
Total1
 Bibliography
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.