Hydrocharitaceae
Brazilian elodea
Elodea densa (Planch.) Casp.
Elodea densa is a dioecious aquatic plant, commonly kept as a beginner-friendly cool aquarium plant that has invasive potential in many regions.
Hydrilla
Hydrilla verticillata (L.f.) Royle
Hydrilla verticillata is an aquatic macrophyte with both beneficial and harmful ecosystem effects, requiring accurate identification for management.
European Frog-bit
Hydrocharis morsus-ranae L.
Hydrocharis morsus-ranae, or European frog-bit, is a floating aquatic plant native to Eurasia that is invasive in parts of North America.
Hydrocharis spongia Bosc
Hydrocharis spongia Bosc
Hydrocharis spongia is a floating or emersed aquatic flowering plant native to central and southeastern US.
holly-leaved water nymph
Najas marina L.
Najas marina L. is a dioecious annual aquatic plant with a nearly global distribution, and grows in mesoeutrophic water over deep peat or mud.
Brittle Naiad
Najas minor All.
Najas minor All. is an aquatic plant with distinct morphology, widely distributed across the Northern Hemisphere.
Water-soldier
Stratiotes aloides L.
Stratiotes aloides is an aquatic plant with reported historical external and internal medicinal uses, cultivated in cool ponds and aquariums.
Turtle Grass
Thalassia testudinum Banks & Sol. ex K.D.Koenig
Thalassia testudinum (turtle grass) is a common Caribbean seagrass that reproduces both asexually and sexually, forming ecologically important meadows.
American eelgrass
Vallisneria americana Michx.
Vallisneria americana Michx. is an aquatic plant native to the Americas, sold as an aquarium background plant.
Tape seagrass
Enhalus acoroides (L.f.) Royle
Enhalus acoroides is a dioecious seagrass, the only seagrass species that performs surface pollination.
Sea Wrack
Halophila ovalis (R.Br.) Hook.f.
Halophila ovalis is a small Indo-Pacific seagrass eaten by dugongs, that stabilizes seabeds and provides marine habitat.
halophila seagrass
Halophila stipulacea (Forssk.) Asch.
Halophila stipulacea is a spreading, invasive Indian Ocean seagrass now found in the Mediterranean and Caribbean.
Sickle seagrass
Thalassia hemprichii (Ehrenb. ex Solms) Asch.
Pacific turtlegrass (Thalassia hemprichii) is a widespread seagrass native to Indian Ocean, Red Sea, and western Pacific shores.
Nuttall's Waterweed
Elodea nuttallii (Planch.) H.St.John
Elodea nuttallii is a North American aquatic plant that is invasive in Europe and naturalized in Japan.
duck-lettuce
Ottelia alismoides (L.) Pers.
Ottelia alismoides (duck lettuce) is an aquatic plant with a sequenced genome that varies in conservation status across regions.
Swamp lily
Ottelia ovalifolia (R.Br.) Rich.
Ottelia ovalifolia (swamp lily) is an Australian native aquatic plant introduced to three Pacific island regions.
Amazon Frogbit
Hydrocharis laevigata (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Byng & Christenh.
Hydrocharis laevigata (Smooth Frogbit) is a floating aquatic plant native to the Americas, invasive elsewhere, and grown in aquariums.
slender water-nymph
Najas flexilis (Willd.) Rostk. & W.L.E.Schmidt
Najas flexilis, also called slender naiad, is a rare protected annual aquatic plant native to parts of North America and Europe.
southern waternymph
Najas guadalupensis (Spreng.) Magnus
Najas guadalupensis is a widespread American annual submerged aquatic plant popular as a hardy beginner aquarium plant.
Tapegrass
Vallisneria spiralis L.
Vallisneria spiralis is a common aquarium plant found wild in global tropical and sub-tropical regions.
Curly Waterweed
Lagarosiphon major (Ridl.) Moss
Lagarosiphon major is a Southern African aquatic aquarium plant that is invasive in many regions globally.
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