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2. Pontederia crassipes - Wikipedia

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   Water hyacinth is a free-floating perennial aquatic plant (or hydrophyte) native to tropical and subtropical South America. With broad, thick, glossy, ovate leaves, water hyacinth may rise above the surface of the water as much as 1 m (3 ft) in height. The leaves are 10–20 cm (4–8 inches) across on a stem, which is floating by means of ...

3. Lemna minor - Wikipedia

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   Lemna minor is a floating freshwater aquatic plant, with one, two, three or four leaves each having a single root hanging in the water. As more leaves grow, the plants divide and become separate individuals. The root is 1–2 cm long. Leaves are oval, 1–8 mm long and 0.6–5 mm broad, light green, with three (rarely five) veins and small air ...

4. Lemnoideae - Wikipedia

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   Lemnoideae is a subfamily of flowering aquatic plants, known as duckweeds, water lentils, or water lenses. They float on or just beneath the surface of still or slow-moving bodies of fresh water and wetlands. Also known as bayroot, they arose from within the arum or aroid family (Araceae), [1] so often are classified as the subfamily Lemnoideae ...

5. Aquatic plant - Wikipedia

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   Aquatic plants are plants that have adapted to living in aquatic environments (saltwater or freshwater). They are also referred to as hydrophytes or macrophytes to distinguish them from algae and other microphytes. A macrophyte is a plant that grows in or near water and is either emergent, submergent, or floating.

6. Phyllanthus fluitans - Wikipedia

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   Phyllanthus fluitans Benth. Phyllanthus fluitans, also known as the red root floater, floating spurge, [3][4] or apple duckweed is a species of free floating aquatic plant and herbaceous perennial [5] in the family Phyllanthaceae. [6] This species is one of the only three non-terrestrial species in the genus Phyllanthus, with the other species ...

7. Floating island - Wikipedia

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   A floating island is a mass of floating aquatic plants, mud, and peat ranging in thickness from several centimeters to a few meters. Sometimes referred to as tussocks, floatons, or suds, floating islands are found in many parts of the world. They exist less commonly as an artificial island. Floating islands are generally found on marshlands ...