Hydatellaceae

E746061

Hydatellaceae is a small family of minute, aquatic flowering plants now recognized as early-diverging angiosperms, often found in ephemeral wetlands.

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Label Occurrences
Hydatellaceae canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf plant family ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
APGIVPlacement Nymphaeales ⓘ
clade Angiosperms ⓘ
linked to: Magnoliophyta

Nymphaeales ⓘ
conservationStatus some species locally rare or threatened due to habitat loss ⓘ
currentPlacement early-diverging angiosperms ⓘ
discoveryHistory long considered monocots before molecular reclassification ⓘ
distribution Australia ⓘ
India ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
southern Africa ⓘ
linked to: Southern Africa

tropical Asia ⓘ
ecologicalRole specialists of temporary aquatic habitats ⓘ
floralSex unisexual or bisexual flowers depending on species ⓘ
floweringPlant true ⓘ
flowerType minute, highly reduced flowers ⓘ
growthForm small, tufted aquatic herbs ⓘ
habitat ephemeral wetlands ⓘ
shallow freshwater habitats ⓘ
temporary pools ⓘ
includesGenus Hydatella ⓘ
Trithuria ⓘ
is small family of minute aquatic flowering plants ⓘ
kingdom Plantae ⓘ
leafMorphology highly reduced, grass-like or scale-like leaves ⓘ
lifeCycle annual or short-lived perennial ⓘ
notableFor extreme morphological reduction ⓘ
historical misclassification as grasses or sedges ⓘ
order Nymphaeales ⓘ
photosyntheticPathway C3 ⓘ
pollination abiotic pollination predominates ⓘ
previousOrderAssignment Poales ⓘ
previousPlacement Monocots ⓘ
linked to: Liliopsida
recognizedAs one of the earliest-diverging lineages of extant angiosperms ⓘ
reproductiveSystem mostly wind- or water-pollinated ⓘ
seedDispersal water-dispersed seeds ⓘ
seedType angiosperm seeds ⓘ
sizeDescription plants only a few millimetres tall ⓘ
systematicsImportance key group for understanding early angiosperm evolution ⓘ
taxonRank family ⓘ
typeGenus Hydatella ⓘ
waterDependence obligately aquatic or semi-aquatic ⓘ

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

Poales → contains → Hydatellaceae ⓘ