Aponogetonaceae

  
 

 

Genera : 1

Species: 40

 

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Distribution: In freshwater systems of the Old World tropics and in South Africa.

Economic uses: As a cultivated aquarium plant.

Defining features of interest: The family has well developed secretory canals that contain oil, latex or tannins.

 

Fossil evidence: Fossil leaves in the Tertiary.