Trapa

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Trapa natans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Myrtales
Family: Trapaceae
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Genus: Trapa
Species

Trapa bicornis
Trapa natans

Trapa is the genus of the water caltrop, T. natans, and the horn nut, T. bicornis. It is classified in the order Myrtales.

Trapa is the sole genus in the monotypic family Trapaceae. This family is sometimes treated as a subgroup of the Onagraceae or as the subfamily Trapoideae of the Lythraceae.