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Alismataceae (water plantain) with Attributes

Synonyms: Damasoniaceae

Wikipedia Abstract

The water-plantains (Alismataceae) are a family of flowering plants, comprising 11 genera and between 85 and 95 species. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, with the greatest number of species in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Most of the species are herbaceous aquatic plants growing in marshes and ponds.
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Genus

Alisma (water plantain) (7)
Aquarius (2)
Baldellia (waterplantain) (2)
Caldesia (1)
Damasonium (damasonium) (3)
Echinodorus (burhead) (1)
Helanthium (2)
Hydrocleys (hydrocleys) (1)
Limnophyton (1)
Luronium (Floating Water-plantain) (1)
Sagittaria (arrowhead) (30)

(...) = Species count

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