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| name = Alismataceae<br />
| image = Sagittaria_sagittifolia.jpg<br />
| image_width = 240px<br />
| image_caption = ''[[Sagittaria sagittifolia]]''<br />
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br />
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]<br />
| classis = [[Liliopsida]]<br />
| ordo = [[Alismatales]]<br />
| familia = '''Alismataceae'''<br />
| familia_authority = [[Étienne Pierre Ventenat|Vent.]]<br />
| type_genus = ''[[Alisma]]''<br />
| type_genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]<br />
| subdivision_ranks = Genera<br />
| subdivision = See text<br />
| range_map = Map-Alismataceae.PNG<br />
| range_map_width = 250px<br />
| range_map_caption = Alismataceae distribution map<br />
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The '''Alismataceae''' or '''water-plantain family''' is a family of [[flowering plant]]s, comprising 11 genera and between 85-95 species. The family has a [[cosmopolitan distribution]], with the greatest number of species in temperate regions of the [[Northern Hemisphere]]. Most of the species are [[herbaceous]] [[aquatic plant]]s growing in marshes and ponds. <br />
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==Description==<br />
Most are robust perennials, but some may be [[Annual plant|annual]] or [[Perennial plant|perennial]], depending on water conditions - they are normally perennial in permanent waters, annual in more season conditions but there are exceptions. The stems are corm-like or stoloniferous. Juvenile and submerse [[leaves]] are often linear, whilst more mature and emerse [[leaves]] can be linear to ovate or even sagittate. Most have a distinct petiole, with a sheathed base. <br />
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The [[inflorescence]] is usually compound with whorls of branches, though some are umbel-like, and others have solitary [[flowers]]. The [[flowers]] are regular, bisexual or unisexual. Three [[sepals]] which usually persist in the [[fruit]]. Three petals, usually conspicuous, white, pink, purple, occasionally with yellow or purple spots. The [[petals]] rarely last more than one day. In ''Burnatia'' and ''Wiesnaria'' the [[petals]] are minute and even occasionally absent in female [[flowers]]. [[Stamens]] are 3, 6, 9 or numerous. [[Ovary (plants)|ovary]] is superior, comprising 3 - numerous free carpels in one whorl or in a clustered head. Each carpel contains 1 (-2) anatropous ovules.<br />
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[[Fruit]] is a head of nutlets (except in ''Damasonium''). The [[seeds]] have no endosperm ans a curved or folded [[embryo]]. <br />
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;Genera<br />
*''[[Alisma]]''<br />
*''[[Baldellia]]''<br />
*''[[Burnatia]]''<br />
*''[[Caldesia]]''<br />
*''[[Damasonium]]''<br />
*''[[Echinodorus]]''<br />
*''[[Limnophyton]]''<br />
*''[[Luronium]]''<br />
*''[[Ranalisma]]''<br />
*''[[Sagittaria]]''<br />
*''[[Wiesneria]]'' <br />
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===Cultivation and uses===<br />
Several species, notably in the genus ''[[Sagittaria]]'', have edible [[rhizome]]s, grown for both human food and animal feed in southern and eastern Asia. They were eaten as food by North American Indians. Most have value as food for wildlife. Some are grown as [[ornamental plant]]s in bog gardens, ponds or aquariums.<br />
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Image:Echinodorus isthmicus2.jpg|''[[Echinodorus isthmicus]]''</gallery><br />
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==References==<br />
*[http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/alismata.htm Alismataceae] in [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/ L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants.]<br />
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{{commonscat|Alismataceae}}<br />
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[[Category:Alismatales| Alismataceae]]<br />
[[Category:Plant families]]<br />
[[Category:Aquatic plants]]</div>Envoy