Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Wonderful Plants
Type:
Picture
Chapter:
633.15.00
633.15.00 Aponogetonaceae
English: Cape-pondweed family; Aponogeton family.
Genera: Aponogeton; 40-50.
Botany: aquatic plants.
Scheuchzeriaceae.
Names: after Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, a Swiss naturalist.
English: Rannoch-rush; Pod grass; Scheuchzeria.
Genus: Scheuchzeria palustris.
Botany: herb; 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.
Taxonomy
Aponogetonaceae and Scheuchzeriaceae are placed in Subphase 5 in the Plant theory.
Introduction
They feel as if they are an outsider and try to make contact by adapting to others and pleasing other people.