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Key to Najas

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(For a list of species in Najas, use the above link.)

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1. Staminatepistillate flowers on different plants;   midrib abaxially prickled;  generally prickled; seed >= 1.2 mm wide, coat pitted ..... N. marina

1' Staminate, pistillate flowers on same plants; leaf blade midrib abaxially not prickled; internodes not prickled; seed <= 1.2 mm wide, coat smooth or pitted, smooth if seed reaching 1.2 mm wide

2. Style subterminal (not from center of ovaryfruit top) ..... N. gracillima

2' Style terminal

3. Seed narrowly to widely obovate, coat smooth, shiny; anther chambers 1 ..... N. flexilis

3' Seed , coat pitted, dull; anther chambers 4 ..... N. guadalupensis subsp. guadalupensis

 

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