Hydrocharitaceae (incl. Najadaceae)

This list of genera was made in August 2025 according to World Flora Online, Plants of the World Online, Stevens 2001 onwards (APWeb), Bernardini & Lucchese (2018), Chen et al. 2012, and Li et al. 2022. This list includes only genera present in our herbaria: M and MSB.

All genera (accepted genera in bold)Stored underSynonyms included
Apalanthe Planch.Elodea Michx.
Blyxa Noronha ex Thouars
Egeria Planch.Elodea Michx.
Elodea Michx.Apalanthe Planch., Egeria Planch.
Enhalus Rich.
Halophila Thouars
Hydrilla Rich.
Hydrocharis L.Hydromystria G.Mey., Limnobium Rich.
Hydromystria G.Mey.Hydrocharis L.
Lagarosiphon Harv.
Limnobium Rich.Hydrocharis L.
Maidenia RendleVallisneria P.Micheli ex L.
Najas L.
Nechamandra Planch.
Ottelia Pers.
Stratiotes L.
Thalassia Banks & Sol. ex K.D.Koenig
Vallisneria P.Micheli ex L.Maidenia Rendle

References

  • Bernardini, B., Lucchese, F. (2018). New phylogenetic insights into Hydrocharitaceae. Annali Di Botanica, 8, 45–58. https://doi.org/10.4462/annbotrm-13970
  • Chen, L.Y., Chen, J.M., Gituru, R.W., Wang, Q.F. (2012). Generic phylogeny, historical biogeography and character evolution of the cosmopolitan aquatic plant family Hydrocharitaceae. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 12, 30. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-12-30
  • Li, Z.Z., Lehtonen, S., Gichira, A.W., Martins, K., Efremov, A., Wang, Q.F., Chen, J.M. (2022). Plastome phylogenomics and historical biogeography of aquatic plant genus Hydrocharis (Hydrocharitaceae). BMC Plant Biology, 22, 106. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-022-03483-2
  • Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 14, July 2017 [and more or less continuously updated since].

Foto: Hydrocharis L. © Suvrat Kotagal