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The water-plantains (Alismataceae) are a family of flowering plants, comprising 20 genera (17 extant and 3 fossil) and 119 species.The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, with the greatest number of species in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
According to ITIS and WoRMS, this family is classified into 4 genera, although the 4 genera from each database has a little bit difference.The classification from the taxonomy by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005), [3] which is based on classification by Taylor (2003): [7] Taylor classifies Physidae according to the anatomical differences of their penis, the differences among the penial complex, penial ...