Dicotyledonous aquatic and wetland plants

Abstract

This synthesis includes 212 studied species belonging to 124 genera from 51 families. The most species-rich family is Asteraceae (30 taxa), followed by Ranunculaceae (18), Caryophyllaceae (12), Rosaceae (10), Apiaceae (9), Lamiaceae (9), Plantaginaceae (9), Polygonaceae (9), Onagraceae (8), Lentibulariaceae (7) and Primulaceae (6). The most species-rich genera are Utricularia (7), Epilobium (6), Ranunculus (6), Veronica (6), Cirsium (5), Mentha (5), Persicaria (5), Senecio (5), Batrachium (4), Bidens (4) and Myriophyllum (4). Most of the studied taxa are terrestrial wetland plants (149), followed by emergent plants (30), submerged aquatic plants (23) and rooted floating-leaved aquatic plants (10, hereafter aquatic floating). In terms of growth form, most of the studied species are perennial clonal hemicryptophytes (143), followed by short-lived annual or biennial species (40), perennial nonclonal polycarpic species (11), perennial nonclonal monocarpic species (9 taxa such as Oenanthe aquatica, Laserpitium pruthenicum, Pedicularis spp.) and woody species (9).