Trithuria sect. Hydatella is a section within the genus Trithuria native to New Zealand and Australia.
Description
The apocarpous berry fruit is indehiscent. Pericarp papillae and pericarp ribs are absent. The fruit stalk bears a distal constriction, serving as an abscission zone. The seed cuticle is thick.
Taxonomy It was first described as Hydatella Diels by Friedrich Ludwig Emil Diels in 1904. After the former genus Hydatella Diels was merged into Trithuria Hook.f. in 2008, the section Trithuria sect. Hydatella (Diels) D.D. Sokoloff, Iles, Rudall & S.W. Graham was described by Dmitry Dmitrievich Sokoloff, William J. D. Iles, Paula J. Rudall, and Sean W. Graham in 2012.
Species It has four species:
Etymology The section name Hydatella comes from the former genus Hydatella Diels, whose name is derived from the diminutive of ύδωρ (hydor) meaning water.
Distribution Its species occur in New Zealand (North Island, South Island) and Australia (Tasmania, Australian mainland).
Phylogeny Trithuria sect. Hydatella split from Trithuria sect. Trithuria about 16 million years ago in the Early Miocene.
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