Alismataceae

Translingual

Alisma plantago-aquatica (common water-plantain)

Etymology

From Alisma +‎ -aceae.

Proper noun

Alismataceae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Alismatales – water plantains and related plants, mainly aquatic, flowering, endemic chiefly to marshes and ponds in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.

Hypernyms

• (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; "Angiospermae" - superclass; Magnoliopsida - class; Lilianae - superorder; Alismatales - order

Hyponyms

• (family): , Alisma (water plantains), , , , , , , , , , , , , Sagittaria (arrowheads), (genera)
  • Alismaticarpum, Sagisma (extinct genera)

References

• Alismataceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Alismataceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Alismataceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Alismataceae at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Alismatanae at the Tree of Life Web Project
• Alismataceae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Alismataceae at APWeb
• Alismataceae at Paleobiology Database