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'''Elatinaceae''' is a family of [[flowering plant]]s with ca 35 (to perhaps 50) species in two genera:<ref name="Christenhusz-Byng2016">{{cite journal |author1=Christenhusz, M. J. M. |author2=Byng, J. W.  |lastauthoramp=yes | year = 2016 | title = The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase | journal = Phytotaxa | volume = 261 | pages = 201–217 | url = http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/download/phytotaxa.261.3.1/20598 | doi = 10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1 | issue = 3 | publisher = Magnolia Press }}</ref> ''Elatine'' and ''Bergia''.<ref name="Davis&Chase">{{cite journal | last = Davis | first = Charles C. | authorlink = |author2=Mark W. Chase | title = Elatinaceae are sister to Malpighiaceae; Peridiscaceae belong to Saxifragales | journal = American Journal of Botany| volume = 91| issue =2 | pages = 262–273| publisher = Botanical Society of America| location = | year = 2004 | doi = 10.3732/ajb.91.2.262 | pmid = 21653382}}</ref> The ''Elatine'' are mostly aquatic [[Herbaceous plant|herb]]s, and the ''Bergia'' are sub[[shrub]]s to [[shrub]]s.<ref name="Davis&Chase" />  ''Elatine'' species are widely distributed throughout the world from [[temperate]] to [[tropical]] zones, with its [[Biodiversity#Measurement|greatest diversity]] found in temperate zones.<ref name="Davis&Chase" />  ''Bergia'' is found in temperate to tropical [[Eurasia]] and [[Africa]], with two tropical and one tropical to temperate species in the [[Americas]].<ref name="Davis&Chase" />  The center for biodiversity of ''Bergia'' is the [[Old World]] tropics, and this is also the center for biodiversity for the family.<ref name="Davis&Chase" />  Neither genus is found in arctic ecosystems.<ref name="Davis&Chase" />
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Member of the family have bisexual flowers, usually small flowers, single, or in [[Inflorescence|cyme]]s, with two to five overlapping [[petal]]s.  The plants have opposite or whorled leaves, which may have glands along their margins, and have [[stipule]]s.<ref name="Davis&Chase" />  The aquatic herbs in the genus ''Elatine'' often have reduced characteristics as part of their adaptation to an aquatic habitat.<ref name="Davis&Chase" />
 
 
 
[[Waterwort]] (''Elatine hexandra''), a member of this family, and 2 similar species (''[[Elatine hydropiper]]'' and ''[[Elatine macropoda]]'') are often grown in [[aquarium]]s.
 
  
 
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* [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/elatinac.htm Elatinaceae] in [https://web.archive.org/web/20101213041459/http://delta-intkey.com/angio/ L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval.] https://web.archive.org/web/20070103200438/http://delta-intkey.com:80/
 
* http://cafe.naver.com/knowfreshwaterfish/54
 
  
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Elatinaceae
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Elatine hexandra
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Elatinaceae

Genera

Elatinaceae is a family of plants with no known edible members.

References

  1. Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III" (PDF). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. Retrieved 2013-07-06.

Acknowledgements

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