Pondweed family : POTAMOGETONACEAE (ALISMATIDAE) in Australia
including Zannichelliaceae

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Don Herbison-Evans,
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Plants in Australia Plant
Classes


Potamogeton crispus
Curly Pondweed
Gigerline, ACT,
March 2018,
Photo courtesy of
Michael Bedingfield

Potamogeton ochreatus
Blunt Pondweed
Morwell Park, Vic,
January 2003,
Photo courtesy of
Ken Harris

The aquatic caterpillars of some Moths in Australia favour species in POTAMOGETONACEAE for their foodplant, including:


Hygraula nitens

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(updated 4 January 2013, 18 March 2018)