pontederiaceae Synonyms
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pontederiaceae Meaning
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pontederiaceae (n)
aquatic or bog plants
pontederiaceae Sentence Examples
- Pontederiaceae is a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants belonging to the order Commelinales.
- The Pontederiaceae family includes approximately 50 species distributed across 7 genera.
- Pontederiaceae plants are typically found in wetlands, marshes, and shallow waters, often forming dense stands.
- The leaves of Pontederiaceae plants are alternate, simple, and lanceolate to ovate, with entire margins.
- The flowers of Pontederiaceae are perfect, bisexual, and zygomorphic, with a calyx of three sepals and a corolla of three petals.
- The fruit of Pontederiaceae plants is a capsule containing numerous small seeds.
- Eichhornia crassipes, commonly known as water hyacinth, is a notorious invasive species belonging to the Pontederiaceae family.
- Pontederia cordata, known as pickerelweed, is a common native species of Pontederiaceae in North America.
- The extracts of Pontederiaceae plants have been used in traditional medicine for various purposes.
- Research is ongoing to explore the potential use of Pontederiaceae plants as bioremediation agents due to their ability to absorb heavy metals from contaminated waters.
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aquatic or bog plants
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Pontederiaceae is a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants belonging to the order Commelinales.
The Pontederiaceae family includes approximately 50 species distributed across 7 genera.
Pontederiaceae plants are typically found in wetlands, marshes, and shallow waters, often forming dense stands.
The leaves of Pontederiaceae plants are alternate, simple, and lanceolate to ovate, with entire margins.
