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Family:
Limnocharitaceae Life
> eukaryotes >
Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
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Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants)
> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Alismatales
Aquatic plants, either rooted or free-floating. Three
genera and 11 species worldwide, with one species, Butomopsis latifolia,
indigenous to southern Africa (Okavango delta, Botswana). In addition,
the Water poppy Hydrocleys nymphoides is cultivated in southern
Africa.
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