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Hydrocharitaceae
Egeria

not marked as a favorite taxon *Egeria Planchon. Common name: South American Waterweed.

A genus of 2 species, aquatic herbs, native of tropical America (now subcosmopolitan in tropical and warm temperate regions by naturalization). Egeria should possibly be included in a more broadly circumscribed Elodea (including Elodea, Egeria, and Apalanthe) (Bernardini & Lucchese 2018).

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References: Cook (1998b) In Kubitzki (1998b); Haynes (2000c) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2000). Show full citations.

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image #1 of Egeria© Alan Cressler: Egeria densa, Chattahoochee River, above Johnson's Ferry Road, Cobb and Fulton Counties, Georgia 3 by Alan Cressler | Egeria densa source | Original Image ⭷

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