Water-Plantain family
Alismataceae
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.
18 branches of this family, most-observed first
Arrowheads
genusSagittaria
water-plantains
genusAlisma
burheads and sword plants
genusEchinodorus
lesser water-plantains
genusBaldellia
Limnocharis
genusLimnocharis
Hydrocleys
genusHydrocleys
starfruit
genusDamasonium
floating water-plantains
genusLuronium
Helanthium
genusHelanthium
Caldesia
genusCaldesia
Limnophyton
genusLimnophyton
Albidella
genusAlbidella
Ranalisma
genusRanalisma
Aquarius
genusAquarius
Wiesneria
genusWiesneria
Burnatia
genusBurnatia
Butomopsis
genusButomopsis
Astonia
genusAstonia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48072.