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Botanical Family · Asterales

Menyanthaceae

Pogbean Family

4 speciesOrder Asterales3+ well-known plants

The Menyanthaceae family (Pogbean Family) is a botanical family placed in the order Asterales. In the SASYA catalogue it spans 4 species. Its members are predominantly herbs. Several members are valued in traditional medicine. Familiar examples include Crested Floating Heart and Water Snowflake.

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Representative MENYANTHACEAE specimen
Representative specimen · Menyanthaceae
Key pattern

Trifoliate or heart-shaped floating leaves on aquatic and marsh herbs; funnel-shaped flowers are lined inside with a dense fringe of hair-like or fleshy outgrowths on the petals, unlike almost any other family.

The shaggy, bearded fringe lining the inside of each petal is unique enough among aquatic plants that it alone confirms the family.

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Family identification method

To check whether a plant belongs to Menyanthaceae, compare the leaf arrangement, leaf type, flower symmetry, fruit type, and one distinctive marker together. A single feature can mislead; the family pattern is the combination.

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Typical leaf characters

Characters typical of the family — individual species can vary.

Typical flower & fruit

  • Flower symmetryVariable
  • InflorescenceUmbel
  • FruitCapsule

Typical of the family — flowering plants only; species can vary.

Notable members

Crested Floating HeartNymphoides cristataCrested Floating-HeartNymphoides hydrophyllaWater SnowflakeNymphoides indica

Families that can look similar

Asteraceae

Compare against Asteraceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.

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Meliaceae

Compare against Meliaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.

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Sapindaceae

Compare against Sapindaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.

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Moringaceae

Compare against Moringaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.

Compare Moringaceae

All 4 species in MENYANTHACEAE

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