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Aponogetonaceae

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English: Cape-pondweed family; Aponogeton family.
Name: comes from geton, meaning neighboring, Apono, a coastal district of Gabon.
Genera: 1 genus Aponogeton; 56 species.
Botany: aquatic plants.
FamiliesScheuchzeriaceae.
Name: after Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, a Swiss naturalist.
English: Rannoch-rush; Pod grass; Scheuchzeria.
Genus: Scheuchzeria palustris.
Use: ornamental in aquariums.
Botany: aquatic herbs; in ancient undisturbed Sphagnum bogs; Northern Hemisphere; narrow linear leaves alternating up the stem, with a basal sheath; flowers are greenish-yellow, 4–6 mm diameter, with six tepals.
TaxonomyAponogetonaceae and Scheuchzeriaceae are placed in Subphase 5 in the Plant theory. Aponogetonaceaeare allied to the Potamogetonaceae, Najadaceae complex of families in the order Alismatales.

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