Hydrostachyaceae

E728728

Hydrostachyaceae is a small family of highly specialized aquatic flowering plants, often placed in or near the order Lamiales, known for their unique submerged habit and distinctive, densely clustered inflorescences.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Hydrostachyaceae canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf plant family ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
adaptation morphology suited to submerged life ⓘ
clade Angiosperms ⓘ
linked to: Magnoliophyta

Asterids ⓘ
Eudicots ⓘ
conservationConcern habitat degradation ⓘ
contains Hydrostachys ⓘ
distribution Africa ⓘ
Madagascar ⓘ
ecologicalAdaptation adapted to strong water currents ⓘ
floralSex bisexual flowers ⓘ
flowerSymmetry zygomorphic ⓘ
growthForm submerged herbaceous plants ⓘ
habitat fast-flowing streams ⓘ
freshwater ⓘ
rivers ⓘ
hasLimitedSpeciesNumber true ⓘ
hasReducedVegetativeStructures true ⓘ
hasRhizome true ⓘ
hasSpecializedMorphology true ⓘ
hasSubmergedHabit true ⓘ
inflorescencesPosition emergent or near water surface ⓘ
inflorescenceType densely clustered inflorescences ⓘ
isAquatic true ⓘ
isEndemicTo Madagascar and parts of Africa ⓘ
isFloweringPlantFamily true ⓘ
isHighlySpecializedAquatic true ⓘ
isMonogeneric true ⓘ
isNonWoody true ⓘ
isRare true ⓘ
kingdom Plantae ⓘ
leafType highly dissected leaves ⓘ
lifeCycle perennial ⓘ
numberOfGenera 1 ⓘ
order Lamiales ⓘ
photosyntheticOrgan submerged leaves ⓘ
photosyntheticPathway C3 ⓘ
pollination water-mediated pollination ⓘ
previouslyPlacedInOrder Scrophulariales ⓘ
primaryEnvironment tropical regions ⓘ
recognizedBy APG IV system ⓘ
reproductiveStrategy sexual reproduction via flowers ⓘ
rootSystem anchoring to rocky substrates ⓘ
seedDispersal water dispersal ⓘ
systematicPosition near base of Lamiales ⓘ
taxonRank family ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lamiales → includesFamily → Hydrostachyaceae ⓘ
Cornales → includes → Hydrostachyaceae ⓘ