Alismataceae

Translingual

Alisma plantago-aquatica (common water-plantain)

Etymology

From Alisma +‎ -aceae.

Proper noun

Alismataceae

A taxonomic family within the order Alismatales – water plantains and related plants, mainly aquatic, flowering, endemic chiefly to marshes and ponds in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.

Hypernyms

(family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; "Angiospermae" - superclass; Magnoliopsida - class; Lilianae - superorder; Alismatales - order

Hyponyms

(family): Albidella, Alisma (water plantains), Astonia, Baldellia, Burnatia, Butomopsis, Caldesia, Damasonium, Echinodorus, Hydrocleys, Limnocharis, Limnophyton, Luronium, Ranalisma, Sagittaria (arrowheads), Wiesneria (genera)
- †Alismaticarpum, †Sagisma (extinct genera)

References

Alismataceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Alismataceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Alismataceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Alismataceae at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Alismataceae at Encyclopedia of Life
Alismataceae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Alismataceae at APWeb
Alismataceae at Paleobiology Database

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