Name:
Neotropical Floating & Submerged Freshwater Marsh Macrogroup
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This macrogroup represents the aquatic plant communities of the Neotropics occurring in permanent to semipermanent waterbodies, with variations in the composition and structure of the communities depending on the type of water (mineralized, not mineralized, acidic). They include rooted submerged or partly submerged plants and pleustophytes. The majority of the species have very wide distributional ranges and include <i>Eleocharis acutangula, Fuirena robusta, Fuirena umbellata, Oxycaryum cubense, Syngonanthus caulescens, Drosera communis, Eichhornia azurea, Ludwigia helminthorrhiza, Utricularia</i> spp., <i>Nymphaea</i> spp., <i>Egeria najas, Websteria confervoides, Isoetes panamensis, Mayaca fluviatilis, Panicum elephantipes, Paspalum fluitans, Acrostichum danaeifolium, Victoria amazonica, Eichhornia crassipes, Typha domingensis, Rhynchospora corymbosa, Azolla caroliniana, Salvinia auriculata, Pontederia rotundifolia, Neptunia natans, Cabomba furcata, Myriophyllum aquaticum, Thalia geniculata, Cyperus giganteus, Rhabdadenia macrostoma, Eleocharis interstincta</i>.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40626-{452F8649-0502-4171-A7C3-6A983726109B}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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