{{short description|Genus of flowering plants in the waterwort family}} {{automatic taxobox |image = Elatine tripetala.jpg |image_caption = ''Elatine hexandra'' |taxon = Elatine |authority = L. |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = About 25 - see text }}
'''''Elatine''''' is one of only two genera in the plant family Elatinaceae, the waterwort family. It contains about 25 species of aquatic plants known generally as '''waterworts'''. These are annual or perennial plants found in wet areas worldwide.
{{As of|2021|December}}, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:<ref name="POWO_14507-1">{{citation |title=''Elatine'' L. |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:14507-1 |access-date=2021-12-24 }}</ref> {{Div col|colwidth=24em}} *''Elatine alsinastrum'' <small>L.</small> *''Elatine ambigua'' <small>Wight</small> - Asian waterwort *''Elatine americana'' <small>(Pursh) Arn.</small> - American waterwort *''Elatine brachysperma'' <small>A.Gray</small> - shortseed waterwort *''Elatine brochonii'' <small>Clavaud</small> *''Elatine californica'' <small>A.Gray</small> - California waterwort *''Elatine campylosperma'' <small>Seub.</small> *''Elatine chilensis'' <small>Gay</small> - Chilean waterwort *''Elatine ecuadoriensis'' <small>Molau</small> *''Elatine fassettiana'' <small>Steyerm.</small> *''Elatine fauquei'' <small>Monod</small> *''Elatine glaziovii'' <small>Nied.</small> *''Elatine gratioloides'' <small>A.Cunn.</small> *''Elatine gussonei'' <small>(Sommier) Brullo, Lanfr., Pavone & Ronsisv.</small> *''Elatine heterandra'' <small>H.Mason</small> - mosquito waterwort *''Elatine hexandra'' <small>(Lapierre) DC.</small> - six-stamen waterwort *''Elatine hungarica'' <small>Moesz</small> *''Elatine hydropiper'' <small>L.</small> - eight-stamen waterwort *''Elatine lindbergii'' <small>Rohrb.</small> *''Elatine lorentziana'' <small>Hunz.</small> *''Elatine macrocalyx'' <small>Albr.</small> *''Elatine macropoda'' <small>Guss.</small> *''Elatine madagascariensis'' <small>H.Perrier</small> *''Elatine minima'' <small>(Nutt.) Fisch. & C.A.Mey.</small> - small waterwort *''Elatine ojibwayensis'' <small>Garneau</small> *''Elatine paramoana'' <small>Schmidt-M. & Bernal</small> *''Elatine peruviana'' <small>Baehni & J.F.Macbr.</small> *''Elatine rubella'' <small>Rydb.</small> - southwestern waterwort *''Elatine spathulata'' <small>Gorski</small> *''Elatine triandra'' <small>Schkuhr</small> - three-stamen waterwort {{Div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?3436,3439 Jepson Manual Treatment]
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Category:Elatinaceae Category:Malpighiales genera
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