Order

Alismatales (Water-plantains, seagrass, and allies)

Limnobium laevigatum. Photo: (c) marcosserenal, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

The Alismatales (alismatids) are an order of flowering plants including about 4500 species. Plants assigned to this order are mostly tropical or aquatic. Some grow in fresh water, some in marine habitats.

— Wikipedia

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
  - Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
    - Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
      - Class: Liliopsida (Monocots)
        Order: Alismatales (Water-plantains, seagrass, and allies)
        Family: Ruppiaceae (Widgeonweed family) (2)
        Family: Zosteraceae (Seagrasses) (3)
        Family: Hydrocharitaceae (Tape-grass family) (2)
        Family: Juncaginaceae (Arrowgrass family) (2)
        Family: Tofieldiaceae (Tofieldia family) (1)
        Family: Araceae (Arum family) (3)

Subtaxa

Family: Ruppiaceae (Widgeonweed family)

Family: Zosteraceae (Seagrasses)

Family: Hydrocharitaceae (Tape-grass family)

Family: Juncaginaceae (Arrowgrass family)

Family: Tofieldiaceae (Tofieldia family)

Family: Araceae (Arum family)

Order

Alismatales (Water-plantains, seagrass, and allies)

Subtaxa

Where in Humboldt

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