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| Aponogeton bernierianus | |
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Conservation status
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 Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Aponogetonaceae |
| Genus: | Aponogeton |
| Species: | A. bernerianus
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| Binomial name | |
| Aponogeton bernerianus (Decne.) Hook.f.
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Aponogeton bernerianus is an aquatic plant from eastern Madagascar.[2] It has a 3 cm thick tuber or thick and branchy rhizome. Leaf blade up to 13 cm petiolate, strap-shaped, highly bullate and undulate, up to 50(-120) cm long and 1.5-6.5(-10) cm wide, dark green coloration. Peduncle up to 75 cm long, tapering towards the inflorescence. Spathe up to 15 mm long, caducous. Inflorescence with 3-15 up to 8-cm long spikes with omnilateral flowers; 2(3) white tepals; 6 stamens; 3(4) carpels with 2 ovules each. Fruit about 10 x 7 mm. Seed about 7x4 mm in size, simple testa (van Bruggen 1985).
- ^ Manjato, N.; Rakotonirina, N. (2017). "Aponogeton bernierianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T88493938A88493980. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T88493938A88493980.en. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
- ^ Grímsson, Friðgeir; Zetter, Reinhard; Halbritter, Heidemarie; Grimm, Guido W. (2014-01-01). "Aponogeton pollen from the Cretaceous and Paleogene of North America and West Greenland: Implications for the origin and palaeobiogeography of the genus". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 200 (100): 161–187. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2013.09.005. ISSN 0034-6667. PMC 4047627. PMID 24926107.