HYDROCHARITACEAE
(waterweeds)

Subtaxon	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Elodea waterweeds	Genus	2 subtaxa		4 ident. refs
Hydrilla verticillata Esthwaite Waterweed, Hydrilla	Species			1 ident. refs
Hydrocharis morsus-ranae Frogbit	Species		17 images	1 ident. refs
Lagarosiphon major Curly Waterweed	Species		4 images	1 ident. refs
Najas naiads	Genus			1 ident. refs
Stratiotes aloides Water-soldier	Species		15 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Family	HYDROCHARITACEAE (waterweeds)
Order	ALISMATALES (pond plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

HYDROCHARITACEAE is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Alismatales)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Anon.		Elodea / Lagarosiphion / Egeria densa / Hydrilla	Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012
()	Lansdown R.V. & Pankhurst T.J.		Field Guide to the Identification of Difficult Aquatic Plants of the New Forest

HYDROCHARITACEAE (waterweeds) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for HYDROCHARITACEAE (waterweeds)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 14 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for HYDROCHARITACEAE (waterweeds)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

HYDROCHARITACEAE is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)