Family · Magnoliids & basal

Hydatellaceae

Tiny annual aquatic herbs of ephemeral pools, once mistaken for sedges but now placed among the earliest-diverging angiosperms.

Accepted species: 13accepted names · Kew WCVP
Genus: 1accepted genus · Kew WCVP
Origin: ≈26 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
Centre of diversity: Australasiamost native species · WGSRPD

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Trithuria

Its genus

Trithuria13 spp.

Where it grows

Australasia12
Asia-Tropical1

Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.

Related families

Hydatellaceae sits in the order Nymphaeales.