Family · Rosids
Elatinaceae
Waterworts
Waterwort family: small aquatic or wetland herbs of muddy margins, plus tropical shrubs of genus Bergia.
- Accepted species
- 59accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genera
- 2accepted genera · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈40 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Africamost native species · WGSRPD
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Plants you might know
- Elatine (waterwort)
- Bergia
Genera
Bergia30 spp.
Elatine29 spp.
Where it grows
- Africa21
- Asia-Temperate14
- Australasia12
- Southern America11
- Asia-Tropical10
- Europe10
- Northern America8
- Antarctic1
- Pacific1
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.
Related families
Elatinaceae sits in the order Malpighiales.
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- MalpighiaceaeAcerola, barbados cherry1,496
- ViolaceaeViolets, pansies1,309
- PassifloraceaePassionflowers1,083
- ClusiaceaeMangosteen, St John's wort allies910
- OchnaceaeMickey Mouse plant646
- HypericaceaeSt John's wort639
- ChrysobalanaceaeCoco plum548
- Calophyllaceae438
- PodostemaceaeRiverweeds363
- LinaceaeFlax284
- ErythroxylaceaeCoca283
- Putranjivaceae224
- Dichapetalaceaepoison leaf210
- AchariaceaeChaulmoogra180
- RhizophoraceaeMangroves155
- Peraceae107
- Picrodendraceae98
- Humiriaceae67
- RafflesiaceaeCorpse flower (Rafflesia)50
- Bonnetiaceae38
- Trigoniaceae33