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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, commonly called twoleaf waterweed, is a species of perennial flowering plant in the waterweed genus, Elodea. It grows in much of the western United States and Canada. It was only recognized as a separate species in the 1960s. It is found growing in streams and shallow bodies of water.
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.
In light microscopy, a water immersion objective is a specially designed objective lens used to increase the resolution of the microscope. This is achieved by immersing both the lens and the specimen in water which has a higher refractive index than air, thereby increasing the numerical aperture of the objective lens.
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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The starting point of Scenedesmus and related algae is in 1820, when Pierre Jean François Turpin observed these algae under a microscope. He classified them under the diatom genus Achnanthes; later authors moved them to different groups, until it was finally classified as a green alga. [1]