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Menyanthaceae
Sign in to saveMenyanthaceae is a family of aquatic and wetland plants in the order Asterales. There are approximately 60 to 70 species in six genera distributed worldwide. The simple or compound leaves arise alternately from a creeping rhizome. In the submersed aquatic genus Nymphoides, leaves are floating and support a lax, umbellate or racemose inflorescence. In other genera the inflorescence is erect and consists of one (e.g., Liparophyllum) to many flowers. The sympetalous, insect-pollinated flowers are five-parted and either yellow or white. The petals are ciliate or adorned with lateral wings. Fruit t
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Menyanthaceae is a family of plants within the order Asterales. It belongs to the class Magnoliopsida and the phylum Tracheophyta in the kingdom Plantae. The family was described by Dumortier in 1829 and has the genus Menyanthes as its taxonomic type. Its fruit type is a capsule, and it inhabits freshwater environments.
Records for this family are held by institutions including CAS, RSA, A, MEL, and TENN. Occurrence data from these sources spans countries such as the United States, Australia, Canada, South Africa, and Sudan. The family has 439,930 occurrence records and 109 specific records with 52 associated media items.
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FAMILY
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyMenyanthaceae
睡菜科（Menyanthaceae）又名莕菜科，多年生之浮葉草本植物，在植物分類上屬於被子植物（Angiospermae）及菊目。適應環境頗強的睡菜科，於台灣、中國、日本、韓國沼澤與溪流間，野放歸化狀況時有所見。睡菜科有5屬，約有70種。世界性分佈。 傳統的植物分類系統，例如：恩格勒系統將睡菜科分類為龍膽目下的一個科，克朗奎斯特分类法系統將睡菜科分類為茄目下的一個科。而最近的APG分类法則是將睡菜科分類為菊目下的一個科。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 109
- With media
- 52
- Family
- Menyanthaceae
- Collections
- CAS, RSA, A, MEL, TENN, UFPB
- Recorded in
- United States, Australia, Canada, South Africa, Sudan, Brasil
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Menyanthaceae is a family of aquatic and wetland plants in the order Asterales. There are approximately 60 to 70 species in six genera distributed worldwide. The simple or compound leaves arise alternately from a creeping rhizome. In the submersed aquatic genus Nymphoides, leaves are floating and support a lax, umbellate or racemose inflorescence. In other genera the inflorescence is erect and consists of one (e.g., Liparophyllum) to many flowers. The sympetalous, insect-pollinated flowers are five-parted and either yellow or white. The petals are ciliate or adorned with lateral wings. Fruit type is a capsule.
Species of Menyanthaceae are found worldwide. The genera Menyanthes and Nephrophyllidium grow only in the northern hemisphere, while Liparophyllum and Villarsia occur only in the southern hemisphere. Nymphoides species have a cosmopolitan distribution.
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