Aponogetonaceae

Aponogetonaceae
Aponogeton distachyos
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Aponogetonaceae
J. Agardh
Genera

Aponogeton

The Aponogetonaceae (Cape-pondweed family or Aponogeton family) are a family of flowering plants in the order Alismatales.

In recent decades the family has had universal recognition by taxonomists.[1] The APG system (1998) and APG II system (2003) treat it in the order Alismatales in the clade monocots. The family consists of only one genus, Aponogeton, with 40-50 species of aquatic plants.

References

  1. ^ van Bruggen, H. W. E. (1985). "Monograph of the genus Aponogeton (Aponogetonaceae)". Bibliotheca botanica (Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung) 33 (137): i-viii, 1–76. ISBN 978-3-510-48008-1. ISSN 0067-7892. http://www.schweizerbart.de/publications/detail/isbn/9783510480081/Monograph-of-the-genus-Aponogeton-Aponogetonaceae. Retrieved 2010-03-13. 

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