''Elatine'' is one of only two genera in the plant family
Elatinaceae, the waterwort family. It contains about 25 species of
aquatic plant
Aquatic plants are plants that have adapted to living in aquatic environments (saltwater or freshwater). They are also referred to as hydrophytes or macrophytes to distinguish them from algae and other microphytes. A macrophyte is a plant that ...
s known generally as waterworts. These are annual or perennial plants found in wet areas worldwide.
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Plants of the World Online
Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It was launched in March 2017 with the ultimate aim being "to enable users to access information on all the world's known seed-bearing plants by ...
accepted the following species:
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Elatine alsinastrum
''Elatine alsinastrum'' is a member of the genus ''Elatine'' in the plant family Elatinaceae
Elatinaceae is a family of flowering plants with ca 35 (to perhaps 50) species in two genera: ''Elatine'' and ''Bergia''. The ''Elatine'' are mostly a ...
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L.
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Elatine ambigua''
Wight - Asian waterwort
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Elatine americana''
(Pursh) Arn. - American waterwort
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Elatine brachysperma''
A.Gray - shortseed waterwort
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Elatine brochonii''
Clavaud
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Elatine californica''
A.Gray - California waterwort
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Elatine campylosperma''
Seub.
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Elatine chilensis''
Gay - Chilean waterwort
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Elatine ecuadoriensis
''Elatine'' is one of only two genera in the plant family Elatinaceae, the waterwort family. It contains about 25 species of aquatic plants known generally as waterworts. These are annual or perennial plants found in wet areas worldwide.
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Molau
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Elatine fassettiana
''Elatine'' is one of only two genera in the plant family Elatinaceae, the waterwort family. It contains about 25 species of aquatic plants known generally as waterworts. These are annual or perennial plants found in wet areas worldwide.
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Steyerm.
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Elatine fauquei''
Monod
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Elatine glaziovii''
Nied.
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Elatine gratioloides''
A.Cunn.
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Elatine gussonei''
(Sommier) Brullo, Lanfr., Pavone & Ronsisv.
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Elatine heterandra''
H.Mason - mosquito waterwort
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Elatine hexandra
''Elatine'' is one of only two genera in the plant family Elatinaceae, the waterwort family. It contains about 25 species of aquatic plants known generally as waterworts. These are annual or perennial plants found in wet areas worldwide.
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(Lapierre) DC. - six-stamen waterwort
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Elatine hungarica''
Moesz
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Elatine hydropiper
''Elatine hydropiper'' (vernacular name: eight-stamened waterwort) is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Elatinaceae.
Its native range is Europe to Russian Far East.
It was first described by Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnae ...
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L. - eight-stamen waterwort
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Elatine lindbergii''
Rohrb.
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Elatine lorentziana''
Hunz.
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Elatine macrocalyx''
Albr.
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Elatine macropoda''
Guss.
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Elatine madagascariensis''
H.Perrier
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Elatine minima
''Elatine minima'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Elatinaceae, native to eastern Canada ( Newfoundland island, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Prince Edward Island), the north-central United States (Minnesota and Wisconsin), the northeas ...
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(Nutt.) Fisch. & C.A.Mey. - small waterwort
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Elatine ojibwayensis''
Garneau
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Elatine paramoana''
Schmidt-M. & Bernal
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Elatine peruviana''
Baehni & J.F.Macbr.
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Elatine rubella
''Elatine'' is one of only two genera in the plant family Elatinaceae, the waterwort family. It contains about 25 species of aquatic plants known generally as waterworts. These are annual or perennial plants found in wet areas worldwide.
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Rydb. - southwestern waterwort
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Elatine spathulata''
Gorski
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Elatine triandra
''Elatine triandra'' is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Elatinaceae.
Its native range is Temperate and Subtropical Old World to Western Malesia
Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the bounda ...
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Schkuhr - three-stamen waterwort
References
External links
Jepson Manual Treatment
Elatinaceae
Malpighiales genera
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