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- Group 1Lycophytes, Monilophytes
- Group 2Gymnosperms
- Group 3Monocots
- Group 4Woody angiosperms with opposite or whorled leaves
- Group 5Woody angiosperms with alternate leaves
- Group 6Herbaceous angiosperms with inferior ovaries
- Group 7Herbaceous angiosperms with superior ovaries and zygomorphic flowers
- Group 8Herbaceous angiosperms with superior ovaries, actinomorphic flowers, and 2 or more distinct carpels
- Group 9Herbaceous angiosperms with superior ovaries, actinomorphic flowers, connate petals, and a solitary carpel or 2 or more connate carpels
- Group 10Herbaceous angiosperms with superior ovaries, actinomorphic flowers, distinct petals or the petals lacking, and 2 or more connate carpels
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- Elodea
Elodea
See list of 2 species in this genus-
1a. Leaves 1.1–5 mm wide, averaging 2 mm, relatively firm, blunt at the apex, the upper densely crowded and overlapping; staminate flowers elevated on a long, slender, pedicel- like hypanthium 2–30 cm long [Fig. 129], with a spathe 8–13.5 mm long, with sepals 3–4 mm long; carpellate flowers with sepals 2.0–3.5 mm long
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1b. Leaves 0.9–1.7 (–2.4) mm wide, averaging 1.3 mm, weak, pointed at the apex, the upper not densely crowded; staminate flowers sessile, with a spathe 2–4 mm long, with sepals ca. 2 mm long; carpellate flowers with sepals 1–1.8 mm long
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