Botany: herbs; aquatics, marshes.
TaxonomyThe order of the
Alismatales in the
Monocots consists mostly of water plants.
In the
Plant theory the
Araceae, the Arum family, an early diverging lineage, is split off in this treatment and has been placed in its own order
Arales. The
Subphases are tentative.
Subphases1.
Hydrocharitaceae2.
Juncaginaceae3.
Zosteraceae, including
Cymodoceaceae,
Posidoniaceae,
Potamogetonaceae,
Ruppiaceae4.
Alismataceae5. Scheuzeriacea,
Aponogetonaceae6.
Butomaceae7.
Tofieldiaceae