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Potamogetonaceae - Pondweed family
Obermeyer, A.A. (1966) Potamogetonaceae FSA 1
Symoens, J.J. (2009) Potamogetonaceae FZ 12(2)
Description of the family
Aquatic herbaceous perennials with deciduous stems, forming colonies in water, submerged except for the spikes which are exserted at flowering time and, in some species, the leaf laminae, which may be floating or exposed on bare mud. Rhizome well-developed, rarely 0 or plants perennating by specialised turions. Flowers in axillary or terminal spikes, without bracts, bisexual, actinomorphic. Perianth segments 4, stamens 4. Carpels 4 (or fewer), free, 1-locular. Ovary superior. Ovule solitary. Worldwide: 2 genera and 90 species, cosmopolitan. |
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Other sources of information about Potamogetonaceae:
Flora of Mozambique: PotamogetonaceaeGRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Potamogetonaceae
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