Menyanthaceae
Menyanthaceae is a family of aquatic and wetland plants in the order Asterales. There are approximately 60 to 70 species in six genera distributed worldwide. The simple or compound leaves arise alternately from a creeping rhizome. In the submersed aquatic genus Nymphoides, leaves are floating and support a lax, umbellate or racemose inflorescence. In other genera the inflorescence is erect and consists of one (e.g., Liparophyllum) to many flowers. The sympetalous, insect-pollinated flowers are five-parted and either yellow or white. The petals are ciliate or adorned with lateral wings. Fruit t
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FAMILY
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyMenyanthaceae
Habitatfreshwater
睡菜科（Menyanthaceae）又名莕菜科，多年生之浮葉草本植物，在植物分類上屬於被子植物（Angiospermae）及菊目。適應環境頗強的睡菜科，於台灣、中國、日本、韓國沼澤與溪流間，野放歸化狀況時有所見。睡菜科有5屬，約有70種。世界性分佈。 傳統的植物分類系統，例如：恩格勒系統將睡菜科分類為龍膽目下的一個科，克朗奎斯特分类法系統將睡菜科分類為茄目下的一個科。而最近的APG分类法則是將睡菜科分類為菊目下的一個科。
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Menyanthaceae is a family of aquatic and wetland plants in the order Asterales. There are approximately 60 to 70 species in six genera distributed worldwide. The simple or compound leaves arise alternately from a creeping rhizome. In the submersed aquatic genus Nymphoides, leaves are floating and support a lax, umbellate or racemose inflorescence. In other genera the inflorescence is erect and consists of one (e.g., Liparophyllum) to many flowers. The sympetalous, insect-pollinated flowers are five-parted and either yellow or white. The petals are ciliate or adorned with lateral wings. Fruit type is a capsule.
Species of Menyanthaceae are found worldwide. The genera Menyanthes and Nephrophyllidium grow only in the northern hemisphere, while Liparophyllum and Villarsia occur only in the southern hemisphere. Nymphoides species have a cosmopolitan distribution.