The principal factor controlling the distribution of aquatic plants is the availability of water. However, other factors … See more

Aquatic plants have adapted to live in either freshwater or saltwater. Aquatic vascular plants have originated on multiple occasions in different plant families; they can be ferns or angiosperms (including both monocots and … See more

Although most aquatic angiosperms can reproduce by flowering and setting seeds, many have also evolved to have extensive asexual reproduction by means of rhizomes, turions, and fragments in general.
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Based on growth form, macrophytes can be characterised as:
• Emergent
• Submerged
• Floating-leaved
• Free-floating… See more

The many possible classifications of aquatic plants are based upon morphology. One example has six groups as follows:
• Amphiphytes: plants that are adapted to live either submerged or on land
• Elodeids: stem plant… See more

Macrophytes perform many ecosystem functions in aquatic ecosystems and provide services to human society. One of the important functions performed by macrophyte is uptake of dissolved nutrients including Ni… See more