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Alismatales (arrowhead and pondweed)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Alismatales (alismatids) are an order of flowering plants including about 4500 species. Plants assigned to this order are mostly tropical or aquatic. Some grow in fresh water, some in marine habitats.
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Family

Alismataceae (water plantain) (182)   (1)   (3)
Aponogetonaceae (lattice plant) (78)   (12)
Araceae (arum lily) (5,444)   (59)   (5)
Butomaceae (3)   (1)
Cymodoceaceae (manatee grass) (25)
Hydrocharitaceae (tape grasses) (183)   (3)   (9)
Juncaginaceae (arrow grass) (43)
Lemnaceae (1)
Maundiaceae (1)
Posidoniaceae (20)
Potamogetonaceae (pondweeds) (270)   (3)   (2)
Ruppiaceae (ditch grass) (13)
Scheuchzeriaceae (1)
Tofieldiaceae (31)
Zosteraceae (eel grass) (29)   (2)   (1)

Genus

Frimmersdorfia (1)
Limnocarpus (5)
Marcoduria (1)
Pennipollis (2)
Thalassocharis (1)
Wackersdorfia (1)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0