Hydrocharitaceae | |
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Common frogbit, Hydrocharis morsus-ranae | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Alismatales |
Family: | Hydrocharitaceae Juss.[1] |
Genera | |
Hydrocharitaceae is a flowering plant family including 16 known genera with a total of ca 135 known species (Christenhusz & Byng 2016[2]), that including a number of species of aquatic plant, for instance the tape-grasses, the well known Canadian waterweed, and frogbit.
The family includes both freshwater and marine aquatics. They are found throughout the world in a wide variety of habitats, but are primarily tropical.