| Class: | angiosperms | 
| Order: | Saxifragales | 
| Family: | Haloragaceae | 
| Editor | S. Rilke, July 2009 | 
| Name acc. to: | APGII | 
| Herbar: | list records     | 
| Comments: | Family native to Australia but wetland members are widespread. Myriophyllum has a cosmopolitan distribution. | 
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|  | genus: 1 | 
|  | species: 2 | 
| Habit  (i)general appearance of a plant |  | 
| Parasite status: (i)Is the plant a half- or full parasite? | no parasite/saprophyte (i)Plant fully autonomous, leaves with chlorophyll example: Most plants, Ranunculus
 
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| Water or terrestrial plant: (i)Where do the plants grow? | water or swamp plant aquatic, submerged (i)Completely submerged water plant, onlys flowers may appear at the surface
 example: Zannichellia
 
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| Leaf  (i)expanded, usually photosynthetic organ of a plant (including phylloclades) |  | 
| Leaf veination: (i)Arrangement of the main veins of a leaf. | pinnate (i)One main vein, several side veins, sometimes inconspicuous example: Cicerbita
      
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| Root / shoot below ground  (i)plant part below ground (in most cases), including below ground shoots, without leaves |  | 
| Root type: (i)Organisation of the roots. | allorhizous (i)Plant with a conspicuous tap root, one larger tap root with side roots example: Dicotyledonae
  inherited by order Saxifragales: allorhizous 
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