Category:Alismataceae
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| Alismataceae | |
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| Sagittaria latifolia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Alismataceae Vent.[1] |
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| Alisma | |
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| Alismataceae distribution map | |
The water-plantains (Alismataceae) are a family of monocot plants, mostly aquatic. Several species, notably in the genus Sagittaria, have edible rhizomes, grown for both human food and animal fodder in southern and eastern Asia.
The leaves and flower buds of Limnocharis flava (genjer) are eaten in Southeast Asia as "poor people's vegetable".
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References
- ↑ Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009), "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 161 (2): 105–121, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x, retrieved 2010-12-10
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