Myriophyllum L.
(water milfoils)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Myriophyllum aquaticum
Parrot’s Feather
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 		Species 16 images 1 ident. refs
Myriophyllum verticillatum
Whorled Water-milfoil
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 		Species 9 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusMyriophyllum (water milfoils)
FamilyHALORAGACEAE (water-milfoils)
OrderSAXIFRAGALES (saxifrages, stonecrops, peonies, currants and gooseberries)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Lansdown R.V. & Pankhurst T.J. Field Guide to the Identification of Difficult Aquatic Plants of the New Forest

Myriophyllum (water milfoils) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Myriophyllum (water milfoils)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 10 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Myriophyllum (water milfoils)
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