3-45 Haloragaceae, water-milfoil family

Marian C. Munro; Ruth E. Newell; Nicholas M. Hill

Authors

Marian C. Munro Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS
Ruth E. Newell E. C. Smith Herbarium, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia
Nicholas M. Hill Fernhill Institute, Kentville, Nova Scotia; Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Keywords:

Magnoliophyte, dicots, water-milfoil family, Myriophyllum, Proserpinaca, mermaidweed, water-milfoil

Abstract

One hundred species comprise this family; all are aquatics in this region. Plants are heterophyllous; the leaves are finely divided. The flowers are wind-pollinated and tiny, epigynous, 3–4-merous. Stamens are twice as numerous as the sepals. Styles feathery. Fruit a nutlet or drupe-like. Photographs taken by Martin Thomas, Sean Blaney and David Mazerolle.

Author Biographies

Marian C. Munro, Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS

Curator of Botany (NSPM)

Ruth E. Newell, E. C. Smith Herbarium, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia

Curator of the E. C. Smith Herbarium (ACAD)

Nicholas M. Hill, Fernhill Institute, Kentville, Nova Scotia; Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Director; Adjunct Professor.