Limnobium
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A floating water plant that grows in fresh water in the Americas
- noun
- /lɪmˈnoʊbiəm/
- Specialized
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Limnobium
- The plant Limnobium often thrives in freshwater habitats across the Americas.
Examples
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In the wetlands, Limnobium provides important habitat for various aquatic species.
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Researchers have identified Limnobium as a key component of many river ecosystems.
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However, the condition ancestral to hydrophily is less certain in the family Hydrocharitaceae, in which only one genus (Limnobium) is strictly anemophilous (Cook 1988).
Academic text (1996)
Synonyms
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A small water plant with round floating leaves that grows in ponds and provides shelter for small animals
is the formal scientific name used in taxonomy for that plant
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Limnobium comes from Greek parts: limno- meaning 'lake' or 'marsh' and a second part like bio, the same 'bio' you see in biology, meaning 'life'. So the name is like 'lake life', which makes it easy to remember this floating plant that lives in ponds and slow streams.
