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Where are water plantains of the genus Alisma found?
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Alismatales
Showy and delicate flowers of the flowering rush (Butomus umbellatus).
Water plantains of the genus Alisma are primarily distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere. These freshwater perennial herbs are commonly found in habitats such as lakes, ponds, and ditches. While the family Alismataceae, to which Alisma belongs, occurs globally across the Americas, Asia, Australia, Africa, and Europe, the water plantain genus itself is most common in temperate regions.12