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Botany Greenhouse
Aquatic PlantsAquatic plants have evolved into several different lineages of flowering plants, ferns, and fern allies. Submersed species, which live quietly below the glittering surface of ponds, lakes, and streams, often display extraordinary adaptations to life under water. They show remarkable convergence with each other in leaf form, growth habit, and floral morphology as well as noticeable divergence from their ancestors and relatives on land.
Current Accessions:
Acorus calamus - Sweet Flag {Acoraceae}
Azolla filiculoides- Fairy Moss {Salviniaceae}
Cyperus alternifolius - Umbrella Plant {Cyperaceae}
Cyperus brevifolius - {Cyperaceae}
Cyperus papyrus - Papyrus, Bulrush, Paper Plant {Cyperaceae}
Eichhornia crassipes- Water Hyacinth {Pontederiaceae}
Hydrocleys nymphiodes - {Limnocharitaceae}
Lemna minor - Common Duckweed {Lemnaceae}
Marsilea - {Marsileaceae}
Myriophyllum aquaticum - Parrots Feather, Water Feather {Haloragaceae}
Nelumbo lutea - Lotus Lily {Nelumbonaceae}
Nymphaea spp. -Water Lily {Nymphaeaceae}
Nymphoides - {Menyanthaceae}
Pilularia globulifera - Pillwort {Marsileaceae}
Pistia stratiotes - Water Lettuce, Shellflower {Araceae}
Sagittaria sagittifolia - Arrowhead {Alismataceae}
Salvinia rotundifolia - Floating Moss {Salviniaceae}
