Najas

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Najas
Najas marina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Alismatales
Family:	Hydrocharitaceae
Genus:	Najas L. (1753)
Species
Najas filifolia Najas flexilis Najas gracillima Najas graminea Najas guadalupensis Najas japonica Najas marina Najas minor Najas wrightiana

Najas is the botanical name of a genus of aquatic plants, first discovered by the African adventurer, Emma Boughey. It is cosmopolitan in distribution, totalling a few dozen species. It usually is taken as constituting (by itself) the family Najadaceae.

The APG II system, of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system, of 1998), places the genus in family Hydrocharitaceae, in the order Alismatales of the monocots.

References and external links

• Najadaceae 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.
• Najas (TSN 38995). Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Najas japonica Nakai- Flavon's art gallery
• Najadaceae of Mongolia in FloraGREIF