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The Potamogetonaceae, commonly referred to as the pondweed family, is an aquatic family of monocotyledonous flowering plants. The roughly 110 known species are divided over six genera. The largest genus in the family by far is Potamogeton, which contains about 100 species.
Potamogetonaceae (pondweed family) This genus’s species in New England. Potamogeton alpinus. Potamogeton amplifolius. Potamogeton berchtoldii. Potamogeton bicupulatus. Potamogeton confervoides. Potamogeton crispus. Potamogeton epihydrus. Potamogeton foliosus. Potamogeton friesii. Potamogeton gemmiparus. Potamogeton gramineus. Potamogeton hillii.
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Potamogeton acutifolius is a European species of aquatic plant in the family Potamogetonaceae, known by the common name sharp-leaved pondweed. It is threatened and declining in at least part of its range.
See list of 28 species in this genus. Species of Potamogeton produce one or both of two types of leaves— submersed and floating. All species of Potamogeton produce submersed leaves, which are very thin, translucent, and generally occur below the surface of the water (unless stranded). Floating leaves are thick, opaque, and occur on the ...
Family: Potamogetonaceae — pondweed family. Species in the Potamogetonaceae are aquatic herbs with leaves that are arranged alternately or opposite each other along the stem; they also have stipules. The leaves in this family may be flaccid and submersed or thicker and floating; a given species may have one or both types of leaves.
Potamogeton compressus is a species of aquatic plant known by the common names grass-wrack pondweed, [2] flatstem pondweed [3] and eel-grass pondweed . Description. Potamogeton compressus produces a strongly flattened, robust, branching stem up to 90 cm in maximum length. [4] .
