Najas hagerupii
| West African water nymph | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Hydrocharitaceae |
| Genus: | Najas |
| Species: | N. hagerupii
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| Binomial name | |
| Najas hagerupii Horn
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Najas hagerupii, called the West African water nymph, is an aquatic plant growing in fresh water rivers and ponds. It is a rare and little-known species known only from the West African nations of Ghana and Mali.[1]
References
- ^ Henning Horn af Rantzien. 1952. Kew Bulletin 7: 35, Najas hagerupii