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Hydrocharitaceae
Taxonomy
Hydrocharitaceae was named by de Jussieu (1789). It is extant.
It was reranked as the unranked clade Hydrocharitaceae by Benzecry and Brack-Hanes (2008).
It was assigned to Najadales by Knowlton (1919); to Monocotyledones by Chandler (1963); to Monocotyledones by Chandler (1978); to Hydrocharitales by Benzecry and Brack-Hanes (2008); and to Alismatales by Mabberley (2000), Taylor et al. (2008), The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Hydrocharitaceae by Benzecry and Brack-Hanes (2008).
It was assigned to Najadales by Knowlton (1919); to Monocotyledones by Chandler (1963); to Monocotyledones by Chandler (1978); to Hydrocharitales by Benzecry and Brack-Hanes (2008); and to Alismatales by Mabberley (2000), Taylor et al. (2008), The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1789 | Hydrocharitaceae de Jussieu |
| 1919 | Hydrocharitaceae Knowlton |
| 1963 | Hydrocharitaceae Chandler p. 62 |
| 1978 | Hydrocharitaceae Chandler p. 43 |
| 2000 | Hydrocharitaceae Mabberley |
| 2008 | Hydrocharitaceae Benzecry and Brack-Hanes p. 24 |
| 2008 | Hydrocharitaceae Taylor et al. p. 1029 |
| 2016 | Hydrocharitaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 15 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Hydrocharitaceae de Jussieu 1789
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G. Halophila Thouars 1806
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Halophila baillonis Ascherson 1874
Halophila beccarii Axcherson 1871
Halophila decipiens Ostenfeld 1902
Halophila engelmanni Ascherson 1875
Halophila madagascariensis Steudel 1840
Halophila ovalis Tasman 1858
Halophila ovata Gaud 1827
Halophila spinulosa Ascherson 1875
Halophila stipulacea Ascherson 1867
G. Stratiotes Linnaeus 1753
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†Stratiotes acuticostatus Chandler 1963
Stratiotes alismoides Linnaeus 1753
Stratiotes aloides Linnaeus 1753
†Stratiotes hantonensis Chandler 1960
†Stratiotes minutissimus Chandler 1963
G. †Thalassites Benzecry and Brack-Hanes 2008
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†Thalassites parkavonenses Benzecry and Brack-Hanes 2008
G. †Thalassotaenia van der Ham et al. 2007
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†Thalassotaenia debeyi van der Ham et al. 2007
†Thalassotaenia notophyllum Panti et al. 2025
Invalid names: Halophiloideae [empty], Thalassioideae [empty], Vallisnerioideae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available