Najas madagascariensis Rendle (1899:402)
Madagascar water nymph, Madagascar naiad
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing?
Last record: 1930 (Andriambololonera, 2017)
IUCN RedList status: Endangered
There are alleged reports of this species in cultivation, but there is need to verify these contemporary specimens.
Distribution
Madagascar
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Rendle, Alfred Barton. (1899). Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 5: 402-403, t. 40: f. 55-63.
Other references:
Andriambololonera, S. (2017). Najas madagascariensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T88516013A88516016. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T88516013A88516016.en. Downloaded on 03 March 2018.
Bosser, J. et al. (1984). Flore des Mascareignes 191-201 IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
Jumelle, H. (1950). Flore de Madagascar et des Comores (Plantes Vasculaires) 21-22 Typographie Firmin-Didot et Cie., Paris.
Máiz-Tomé, L., Sayer, C. and Darwall, W. (eds.). (2018). The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in Madagascar and the Indian Ocean islands hotspot. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN. viii + 128 pp.
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