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Trithuria is a genus of tiny aquatic herbs, only a few centimetres tall, that grow submerged or emergent in water and wet ground. Most species are annuals that flower in seasonal vernal pools as the water recedes, while a few are perennials in shallow lakes.
Trithuria is a genus of small ephemeral aquatic herb that represent the only members of the family Hydatellaceae found in India, Australia, and New Zealand. Almost all described species of Trithuria are found in Australia, with the exception of T. inconspicua and T. konkanensis, from New Zealand and India respectively. Until DNA sequence data and a reinterpretation of morphology proved otherwise, these plants were believed to be monocots related to the grasses (Poaceae). They are unique in being the only plants besides two members of Triuridaceae (Lacandonia schizmatica and L. braziliana) in which the stamens are centred and surrounded by the pistils; in Hydatellaceae the resulting 'flowers' may instead represent condensed inflorescences or non-flowers.
It is native to India, Australia, and New Zealand, where it occurs in seasonally dry aquatic environments as annuals, or more rarely in permanently inundated habitats as perennial plants.
Trithuria austinensis · Trithuria australis · Trithuria bibracteata · Trithuria cookeana · Trithuria cowieana · Trithuria filamentosa · Trithuria fitzgeraldii · Trithuria inconspicua subsp. brevistyla · Trithuria inconspicua · Trithuria konkanensis · Trithuria lanterna · Trithuria occidentalis
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
