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Accession Data:

Glossostigma cleistanthum W.R.Barker

  • Common Name: Mud Mat
  • Family: Phrymaceae Schauer

  • Country of Origin: Australia, New Zealand, India, East Africa
  • Habitat: aquatic plant - oligotrophic lakes

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200700197
  • Source: Bob Capers - EEB
  • Provenance:
    Robert Capers, naturalized in Lake Hayward, East Haddam, Ct. According to Prof. Don Les, one population in the lake has much longer leaves than other populations in the lake or anywhere else this species occurs, including in its native range in Australia and New Zealand.
  • Accession Date: 09-28-2007
  • Bench: 6903 - Array 1, Tank 3
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 10-02-2023
  • Restrictions:
    • Potentially Invasive Plant - Plants are not to leave Greenhouse!

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Lamiales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Phrymaceae
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References (internal):

  • Aquatic Plants
  • Benthophyte
  • Invasive Species
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: New Zealand North / New Zealand South / South Australia / Western Australia / India / Kenya

References (external):

data regenerated on Mon, 02 Oct 2023 08:48:01 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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