''Aponogeton natans'' is a species of aquatic plant in the family

Aponogetonaceae The Aponogetonaceae (the Cape-pondweed family or aponogeton family) are a family of flowering plants in the order Alismatales. In recent decades the family has had universal recognition by taxonomists. The APG system (1998) and APG II system (20 ...

Description

''Aponogeton natans'' grows as a submerged

aquatic plant Aquatic plants are plants that have adapted to living in aquatic environments ( saltwater or freshwater). They are also referred to as hydrophytes or macrophytes to distinguish them from algae and other microphytes. A macrophyte is a plant that ...

Distribution and habitat

''Aponogeton natans'' is native to India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Myanmar.Cook, CDK (1996) ''Aquatic and Wetland Plants of India: A reference Book and Identification Manual for the Vascular Plants Found in Permanent or Seasonal Fresh water in the Subcontinent of India South of the Himalayas''. Oxford University Press, New York, NY. 385 pp. It grows in wetlands and rice fields.

References

natans Freshwater plants Flora of the Indian subcontinent Flora of Myanmar {{monocot-stub