INTRODUCTION TO

AQUATIC BOTANY
JAY-AR L.CELESTE, RFT
Instructor
WHAT IS BOTANY?

• the scientific study of plants, including their physiology, structure,

genetics, ecology, distribution, classification, and economic
importance.
• botany, branch of biology that deals with the study of plants,
including their structure, properties, and biochemical processes. ...
Also included are plant classification and the study of plant diseases
and of interactions with the environment.
 CONTRIBUTION

IMPORTANCE SCOPE
Utility of plants in relation to mankind

Products such as Aquatic botany (morphology,

Food anatomy, taxonomy)

Medicine • Emergent plants

wood Mangroves(Inland to marine)

fabrics, • Floating plants

Alcohol water hyacinths

rubber • Submergent vascular plants

Algae (Marine fresh)
sea lilies
sea grasses
- Free Floating These plants float freely on the
water surface. The entire plant is suspended on the water
allowing the plant to be moved around the pond by wind and
water currents.
        Submersed Floating-leaved - These plants
are anchored by roots to the bottom of the
pond, but their leaves and flowers grow to and float on
the water surface. Plants such as waterlilies, lotus, waters hield,
and spatterdock are floating-leaved plants.
 SUMERGING PLANTS

Manatee Grass (Syringodium filiforme)

Turtle Grass (Thalassia testudinum )
Shoal Grass (Halodule wrightii)
Johnson’s Seagrass (Halophila johnsonii)
Paddle Grass (Halophila decipiens)
Star Grass (Halophila engelmanni)
Widgeon Grass (Ruppia maritima)
MANGROVES
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THANK YOU