Potamogeton × inbaensis explained

Potamogeton × inbaensis is an inter-species hybrid in the genus Potamogeton. It is found in slow-moving fresh water.

The species is fully submerged. The hybrid was described in 1983 in Chiba Pref. Japan as an interspecific hybrid between P. lucens and P. malaianus (syn. P. wrightii),^[1] and then genetically confirmed the hybridity as well as parental combinations.^{[2] [3]} This hybrid is also found in China.^[4]

It is known to be a sterile hybrid.

Notes and References

1. Kadono Y. 1983. New hybrids of Potamogeton from Lake Inba-numa, Chiba Prefecture. APG: Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica 34: 51–54.
2. Ito, Y., Nr. Tanaka and K. Uehara (2007) Inferring the origin of Potamogeton ×inbaensis (Potamogetonaceae) using nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequences. Journal of Japanese Botany 82: 20-28
3. Amano et al. (2008) Origin and present status of Potamogeton ×inbaensis in a natural population of Oitoike pond, Kitakyushu-City, Japan. bunrui 8(2): 129-139
4. Ito, Y. and Nr. Tanaka (2013) Additional Potamogeton hybrids from China: Evidence from a comparison of plastid trnT-trnF and nuclear ITS phylogenies. APG: Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica 64: 15-28