Ritchey, Kerri (2012) Aquatic plants. Research World, Delhi, India. ISBN 9788132331278
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Abstract
Aquatic plants are plants that have adapted to living within aquatic environments. They are also referred to as hydrophytes or aquatic macrophytes. These plants require special adaptations for living submerged in water or at the water's surface. Aquatic plants can only grow in water or in soil that is permanently saturated with water. Aquatic vascular plants can be ferns or angiosperms (from a variety of families, including among the monocots and dicots). Seaweeds are not vascular plants but multicellular marine algae, and therefore not typically included in the category of aquatic plants. As opposed to plant types such as mesophytes and xerophytes, hydrophytes do not have a problem in retaining water, due to the abundance of water in their environment. This means that aquatic plants have less need to regulate transpiration, which would require more energy and be of little benefit to the plant.
| Item Type: | Book |
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| Subjects: | S Agriculture > SB Plant culture |
| Divisions: | Electronic Books |
| Depositing User: | Esam @ Hisham Muhammad |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Jan 2023 02:31 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Jan 2023 02:31 |
| URI: | http://odlsystem2.utm.my/id/eprint/3920 |
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