Alisma plantago-aquatica L.
(Water-plantain)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAlisma plantago-aquatica (Water-plantain)
GenusAlisma (water-plantains)
FamilyALISMATACEAE (water-plantains)
OrderALISMATALES (pond plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Alisma plantago-aquatica (Water-plantain) :
1: Alisma plantago-aquatica (Water-plantain)
24 Aug 2002 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Flowers - close-upImage 2: Flowers - close-up (2)Image 3: PlantImage 4: Plant (2)Image 5: PlantsImage 6: Plants (2)
2: Alisma plantago-aquatica (Water-plantain)
15 Jul 2001 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Fruit
3: Alisma plantago-aquatica (Water-plantain)
15 Jul 2001 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Juvenile and underwater plants
Image 1: Emergent plant with a leafless rosette (right back)Image 2: Floating leaf and almost leafless statesImage 3: Floating leaf statesImage 4: Plant with floating and emergent leaves
4: Alisma plantago-aquatica (Water-plantain)
1 Jul 2001 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
in shallow water at edge of pond
Image 1: Flowers - close-upImage 2: PlantImage 3: Plant (2)Image 4: Plant - close-upImage 5: Plants
5: Alisma plantago-aquatica (Water-plantain)
27 Jul 1975 OSGR: TQ20 50° 50’ N, 0° 20’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
Image 1: Flower
6: Alisma plantago-aquatica (Water-plantain)
21 Jul 1968 OSGR: TQ20 50° 50’ N, 0° 20’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
in ditch
Image 1: Plants

Alisma plantago-aquatica (Water-plantain) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Alisma plantago-aquatica (Water-plantain)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 14 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Alisma plantago-aquatica (Water-plantain)
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