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Hydrocharitaceae

not marked as a favorite taxon Hydrocharitaceae A.L. de Jussieu. Common name: Frog's-bit Family.

Key to Hydrocharitaceae

A family of about 18 genera and 120 species, aquatic herbs, cosmopolitan. Here circumscribed to include Najas, often traditionally placed in its own family, following the suggestion of Haynes, Holm-Nielsen, & Les in Kubitzki (1998b), APG (2016), and Bernardini & Lucchese (2018). Subfamilies shown in the key follow Les, Moody, & Soros (2006) and are congruent with the phylogeny of Bernardini & Lucchese (2018).

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References: Bernardini & Lucchese (2018); Catling & Dore (1982); Cook (1998b) In Kubitzki (1998b); Haynes (2000c) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2000); Haynes (2000e) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2000); Haynes & Hellquist (1996); Haynes, Holm-Nielsen, & Les (1998a) In Kubitzki (1998b); Les, Moody, & Soros (2006). Show full citations.

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image #1 of Hydrocharitaceae© Gary P. Fleming | Vallisneria | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Hydrocharitaceae© Erik Danielson | Hydrocharis morsus-ranae source | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Hydrocharitaceae© Keith Bradley | Hydrilla | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Hydrocharitaceae© Alison Copeland, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Alison Copeland | Halophila decipiens source | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Hydrocharitaceae© 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 ⭷
image #6 of Hydrocharitaceae© Timothy McNitt, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Timothy McNitt | Elodea canadensis source | Original Image ⭷

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