(botany) A family of monocotyledonous plants in the order Alismatales characterized by schizogenous secretory canals, multiaperturate pollen, several or many ovules, and a horseshoe-shaped embryo.
Limnocharitaceae
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Limnocharitaceae is the botanical name of a family of flowering plants. Such a family has not been recognized by many taxonomists. It is sometimes known as the water poppy family.
The APG II system, of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system, of 1998), does recognize such a family and places it in the order Alismatales, in the clade monocots. The family then includes only a few genera, totaling something like half-a-dozen species of aquatic plants.
Genera
- Hydrocleys
- Hydrocleys nymphoides - water-poppy
- Limnocharis
- Limnocharis flava - sawah-lettuce
External links
- Limnocharitaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). *The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. Version: 9 March 2006. http://delta-intkey.com
- Limnocharitaceae in the Flora of North America
- NCBI Taxonomy Browser
- Links at CSDL, Texas
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