Family · Asterids

Menyanthaceae

Bogbean

Aquatic and wetland herbs with fringed white or yellow flowers, including the floating-hearts and bogbean.

Accepted species: 73accepted names · Kew WCVP
Genera: 6accepted genera · Kew WCVP
Origin: ≈39 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
Centre of diversity: Australasiamost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

Menyanthes (bogbean)
Nymphoides (floating heart)
Villarsia

Genera

Nymphoides53 spp.
Liparophyllum8 spp.
Ornduffia7 spp.
Villarsia3 spp.
Menyanthes1 spp.
Nephrophyllidium1 spp.

Where it grows

Australasia36
Africa17
Asia-Tropical14
Asia-Temperate8
Northern America7
Southern America6
Europe2
Pacific1

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

Related families

Menyanthaceae sits in the order Asterales.