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Triglochin alcockiae
Cycnogeton alcockiae is a small aquatic or semi-aquatic plant from south-eastern Australia, growing in freshwater and brackish pools, swamps and stream margins to about 20 cm tall. It is a wetland species that needs consistently moist to wet conditions.
Cycnogeton alcockiae, also known as southern water-ribbons, Alcock's water-ribbons or dwarf water-ribbons, is a plant in the arrowgrass family native to south-eastern Australia, where it has been recorded from South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria. It is found in freshwater and brackish wetland communities, in pools, swamps and the margins of streams, where it grows to about 20 cm in height. The fruit is a papery capsule.
The species was first described as Triglochin alcockiae by Helen Aston in 1993, with the species epithet honouring Kath Alcock, a botanical collector and orchid artist of Narracoorte. In 2010, the species was transferred to the genus, Cycnogeton.
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