Alismataceae
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Description: This family, the Water Plantains, consists of aquatic herbs comprising about 15 genera and 85 species. Information and photographs of some example species.
Flowering Plant Families, UH Botany Taken together, the Alismataceae and Limnocharitaceae are aquatic herbs comprising about 15 genera and 85 species. The leaves are alternate and simple. The flowers are actinomorphic and bisexual or sometimes unisexual. The calyx consists of 3, usually persistent green sepals. The corolla consists of 3 deciduous, generally white or yellow petals. The androecium comprises mostly 6 to many distinct stamens. The gynoecium is apocarpous, comprising 3-many, more or less distinct simple pistils, each with a superior ovary containing a single locule with 1 basal ovule or less frequently several to many parietal ovules. Nectaries may be found on the base of the pistils or on the receptacle. The fruit is an achene or less frequently a follicle.
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| Date | activated: 27-Oct-1986 last updated: 24-May-2011 expires: 31-Jul-2014 |