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Plant family

Hydrocharitaceae

Called “frogbit family” in GBIF

Hydrocharitaceae is a flowering plant family which includes 14 accepted genera and a total of ca 135 known species. The family holds a number of species of aquatic plants, including tape-grass, the well-known Canadian waterweed, and frogbit.

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182
accepted species in GBIF
Source: GBIF
47
genera in GBIF
Source: GBIF
1
plant on Plant News
2
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Plants in this family

1 plant

Genera in this family

With one plant each: Egeria (Brazilian waterweed).

Research on Hydrocharitaceae

2 articles

What science is finding about Hydrocharitaceae

Every article on Plant News that mentions a member of this family, newest first.

A stress hormone cuts cadmium uptake in aquarium plants by 64%

The submerged plants quietly filtering heavy metals from contaminated ponds and ditches near you could be made far more...

Brazilian waterweed phytoremediation / plant-signaling