Frog's Bits: Family Hydrocharitaceae

Hydrocharitaceae is a plant family that includes a number of aquatic plant species, broadly called the Tape-grasses, and includes the well known Canadian Waterweed, Frog's Bit, Elodea, Hydrilla, and Egeria.

The family includes both fresh and marine aquatics. They are found throughout the world in a wide variety of habitats, but most are primarily tropical.

Classification

The following genera are usually included in the Hydrocharitaceae.

• Apalanthe
• Appertiella
• Blyxa
• Egeria
• Elodea
• Enhalus
• Halophila
• Hydrilla
• Hydrocharis
• Lagarosiphon
• Limnobium
• Maidenia
• Najas
• Nechamandra
• Ottelia
• Stratiotes
• Thalassia
• Vallisneria