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Potamogetonaceae - plants that grow in ponds and slow streams; sometimes includes family Zosteraceae

family Potamogetonaceae, pondweed family

liliopsid family, monocot family - family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed

Alismales, Naiadales, order Alismales, order Naiadales - an order of aquatic monocotyledonous herbaceous plants

pondweed - any of several submerged or floating freshwater perennial aquatic weeds belonging to the family Potamogetonaceae

genus Potamogeton, Potamogeton - a large genus of aquatic herbs found in quiet waters in temperate regions; leaves usually float on the water

genus Groenlandia, Groenlandia - a monocotyledonous genus of the family Potamogetonaceae

genus Zostera, Zostera - (or in some classifications family Zosteraceae) small genus of widely distributed marine plants

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Kuzmina and colleagues designed their study to survey a narrower taxonomic scope, focusing only on the pondweed family (Potamogetonaceae).

Using eDNA Sequencing to Survey Pondweed

Ruppia L., a cosmopolitan genus of aquatic plants, is classified either in the euryhaline family of Potamogetonaceae (Gamerro, 1968; Den Hartog, 1981; Jacobs & Brock, 1982) or in the monogeneric group of the Ruppiaceae (Cronquist, 1981; Les et al., 1997).

An update on morphology and distribution of Ruppia filifolia (Philippi) Skottsberg in the Magellan region, southern Chile

MRE [Jumpseed] Potamogetonaceae Potamogeton diversifolius Raf.

COUNTY RECORDS AND MAJOR RANGE EXTENSIONS FOR VASCULAR PLANTS FROM THE WEST CROSS TIMBERS IN ERATH COUNTY, TEXAS

Bennett (Potamogetonaceae) em ambientes lotico e lentico (Dissertacao de Mestrado).

Gomphonema Ehrenberg (Bacillariophyceae) in a lotic environment of the Upper Parana River Floodplain, Brazil/Gomphonema Ehrenberg (Bacillariophyceae) em ambiente lotico da planicie de inundacao do Alto Rio Parana

In spite of environmental conditions (temperature, air humidity, water quality and food availability) totally different at level of the two environments (lakes): Results of this study are similar to those of [23] concerning the vegetative fraction, with presence of Potamogetonaceae.

Trophic ecology study contribution Anas Platyrhynchos (linne, 1758) in the Reghaia's Lake National Reserve, Algeria

The pondweed genus Potamogeton (Potamogetonaceae) has been known for its ability to hybridize extensively and prevalence of cryptic species.

Aquatic Plant Genomics: Advances, Applications, and Prospects

Potamogetonaceae is a small subcosmopolitan monocot family of aquatic herbs with submersed or floating leaves, belonging to the order Alismatales (Haynes and Holm-Nielsen, 2003).

First record of Potamogetonaceae for the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

(2013) Bioremediation of the water contaminated by waste of hydrocarbon by use Ceratophyllaceae and Potamogetonaceae plants.

Fitorremediacion en aguas y suelos contaminados con hidrocarburos del petroleo

These include Agavaceae (agaves), Alismataceae (water plantains), Amaryllidaceae, Araceae (taro andyautia), Burmanniaceae, Cyclanthaceae, Dioscoreaceae (true yams), Eriocaulaceae, Hydrocharitaceae, Iridaceae, Juncaceae ** (the rush family), Liliaceae (onions, garlic, and asparagus), Pontederiaceae, Potamogetonaceae, Smilacaceae, and Triuridaceae.

Phytoliths as emerging taxonomic tools for identification of plants: an overview

In Hydrocharitaceae, similar reduction is known from several genera (Cook, 1998a), and the same applies for Juncaginaceae (Haynes et al., 1998a), Najadaceae (Haynes et al., 1998b), Positloniaceae (Kuo & McComb, 1998b), Potamogetonaceae (Haynes et al., 1998c), Zannichelliaceae (Haynes et al., 1998d), and Zosteraceae (Kuo & McComb, 1998c).

The immense diversity of floral monosymmetry and asymmetry across angiosperms

The use by red imported fire ants, Solenopsis Invicta (Hymenopgefa: Formicidae), of Potamogeton Nodosus (Potamogetonaceae) leaves as platforms into the littoral zone in Texas, U.S.A.

Impact of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), on biological control of salvinia minima (Hydropteridales: Salviniaceae) by Cyrtobagous salviniae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)