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Elodea is a genus of eight species of aquatic plants often called the waterweeds described as a genus in 1803. Classified in the frog's-bit family ( Hydrocharitaceae ), Elodea is native to the Americas [ 1 ] and is also widely used as aquarium vegetation and laboratory demonstrations of cellular activities.
Elodea bifoliata is an perennial aquatic plant that roots in the bottoms of freshwater streams and lakes. [3] It has small flat leaves just 4.7–24.8 millimeters long. [ 4 ] They are narrow and grass like or only slightly elliptic , 0.8–2.5 mm in width.
Elodea densa flower. Elodea densa is an aquatic plant growing in water up to 4 m (13 ft) deep, with trailing stems to 2 m (6.6 ft) or more long, producing roots at intervals along the stem. The leaves are produced in whorls of four to eight, 1–4 cm (0.39–1.57 in) long and 2–5 mm (0.079–0.197 in) broad, with a pointed leaf tip.
Elodea canadensis (American waterweed or Canadian waterweed or pondweed) is a perennial aquatic plant, or submergent macrophyte, native to most of North America. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It has been introduced widely to regions outside its native range and was first recorded from the British Isles in about 1836.
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