Haloragaceae
Genera : 8
Species: 100
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Distribution: Cosmopolitan,
but mainly in Australia and the Southern Hemisphere.
Economic Uses: Cultivated
as an aquarium plant.
Defining
Features of Interest: The family is
an aquatic species and shows a dimorphism is the leaves between
submerged and emergent forms.
Fossil Evidence:Fossil pollen
from the Paleocene ans some questionable pollen from the Upper
Cretaceous.
