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Aquatic plants, although taxonomically speaking scattered throughout the whole botanical kingdom, are always treated separately in the world of weed science. This is not surprising, since the problems with aquatic weeds differ considerably from every other weed problem in a number of respects.
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Van Zon, J.C.J. (1982). Aquatic weeds. In: Holzner, W., Numata, M. (eds) Biology and ecology of weeds. Geobotany, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0916-3_38
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