Aquatic plants are specialized evolutionary groups adapted to life in water. They play critical roles as food and medicinal supplies (e.g., lotus root and foxnut) and industrial raw materials (e.g., ...

Aquatic carnivorous plants, typified by genera such as Utricularia and Aldrovanda, represent some of nature’s most specialised adaptations for life in nutrient-poor aquatic environments. These plants ...

Land plants, which split from their aquatic relatives 500 million years ago, are an extraordinarily diverse group of living organisms--from tall redwoods to fragrant roses to carpets of moss. For ...

Why some plants are damaged by flooding and others are not, is not a question that can be answered by citing any one particular mechanism or sequence of events. Flood-tolerant plants like obligate ...