| Classification |
| Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order Type: Basal Angiosperms-Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Aponogetonaceae
Family Common Name: Aponogeton Family
Genera: Aponogeton |
Defining Features: Leaves
without vessels and phloem transfer cells.
Defining Morphology: Floral
Features: Inflorescences are spikelike, bractless and envelpoed by spathe
when young. Flowers mostly bisexual, small and zygomorphic. Ovaries superior.
Fruit and Seed Features: Monocotyledon. Fruit a follicle. Vegetative Features:
Habit as fresh water rhizomatous perennial herbs. Leaves mostly submersed,
floating or occasionally emersed. Leaves mostly with reticulated vein.
Distribution: Old world tropical,
subtropical and South Africa.
Economic Use: As a cultivated
pond or aquarium plants.
Number of Genera Globally: 1
Number of Species Globally:
43
