Spermatophyta: Dicotyledonae: Archichlamydeae: Saxifragales

Haloragaceae - Water-milfoil family

Mendes, E.J. (1978) Haloragaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4

Description of the family

Herbs or undershrubs, often aquatic, monoecious, polygamous or dioecious. Stipules 0 (but see note under Myriophyllum). Leaves alternate, opposite or whorled, simple or pinnatifid. Calyx lobes and petals 2-4 or 0, free. Stamens (0-1-)2-4 or 8. Ovary inferior, 1-4-locular. Fruit a nutlet, indehiscent or breaking up into 2 or 4 one-seeded mericarps, or a drupe.

Worldwide: 10 genera and 185 species, cosmopolitan but especially southern hemisphere.

Zimbabwe: 3 genera and 4 taxa.

Links to genera: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this family

Genus	Content
Gunnera L.	Description, Image
Laurembergia P.J. Bergius	Description
Myriophyllum L.	Description, Image

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Flora of Botswana: Haloragaceae
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Flora of Mozambique: Haloragaceae
Flora of Rwanda: Haloragaceae
Flora of Zambia: Haloragaceae
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Haloragaceae

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Haloragaceae
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Haloragaceae
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Haloragaceae
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Haloragaceae
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Haloragaceae
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Haloragaceae
JSTOR Plant Science: Haloragaceae
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Haloragaceae
Wikipedia: Haloragaceae
Plants of the World Online: Haloragaceae
Tropicos: Haloragaceae