Cycnogeton Explained

Cycnogeton is a genus of plants in the family Juncaginaceae described as a genus in 1838.^{[1] [2]} It is native to Australia and New Guinea.^{[3] [4]}

Species

The genus consists of the following species:^[3]

• • Cycnogeton alcockiae (Aston) Mering & Kadereit - SA TAS VIC Cycnogeton dubium (R.Br.) Mering & Kadereit - NG NSW QLD NT VIC WA
• Cycnogeton huegelii Endl. - WA
• Cycnogeton lineare (Endl.) Sond. - WA
  • Cycnogeton microtuberosum (Aston) Mering & Kadereit - NSW QLD VIC Cycnogeton multifructum (Aston) Mering & Kadereit - NSW QLD VIC SA NT
• Cycnogeton procerum (R.Br.) Buchenau - NSW QLD VIC SA TAS
• Cycnogeton rheophilum (Aston) Mering & Kadereit - NSW QLD VIC TAS

Use

C. dubium (syn. Triglochin dubium) corm is a source of food for the Yolngu.^[5]

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41200351#page/224/mode/1up Endlicher, Stephan Friedrich Ladislaus. 1838. Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte 2: 210-211
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40019516 Tropicos, Cycnogeton Endl.
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=303767 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. von Mering, S. & Kadereit, J.W. (2010). Phylogeny, Systematics, and Recircumscription of Juncaginaceae - A Cosmopolitan Wetland Family. Diversity, Phylogeny, and Diversity of the Monocotyledons: 55-79. Aarhus University.
5. Book: 978-1-921953-31-6. National Museum of Australia Press. Midawarr Harvest: The Art of Mulkun Wirrpanda and John Wolseley . 2017.