Althenia | |
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Althenia filiformis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Monocots |
Order: | Alismatales |
Family: | Potamogetonaceae |
Genus: | Althenia |
Althenia is a genus of aquatic plants of the family Potamogetonaceae. This has long been a group of two species in the Mediterranean Europe and South Africa, but is recently revised to include an Australasian relative, Lepilaena.