{{Short description|Genus of aquatic plants}} {{about|the genus of aquatic plants|the island adjacent to the North American continent|Greenland|other uses|Greenland (disambiguation)}} {{speciesbox |image = Groenlandia densa 01 by-dpc.jpg |image_caption = ''Groenlandia densa'' |status=LC |status_system=IUCN3.1 |status_ref=<ref name="iucn status 11 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Akhani, H. |date=2014 |title=''Groenlandia densa'' |volume=2014 |article-number=e.T164174A42321506 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T164174A42321506.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref> |genus = Groenlandia |parent_authority = J.Gay |species = densa |authority = (L.) Fourr. }}
'''''Groenlandia''''' is a monotypic genus of aquatic plants (pondweed) of the family Potamogetonaceae. The only species in the genus is '''''Groenlandia densa'''''.<ref name="Wilkins">{{cite book|last1=Les|first1=Donald H.|last2 = Tippery|first2 = Nicholas P.|title=Early Events in Monocot Evolution|editor=Paul Wilkins and Simon J. Mayo|publisher=Cambridge University Press|date=2013|pages=118–164|chapter=In time and with water...the systematics of alismatid monocotyledons}}</ref> '''Opposite-leaved pondweed''' is a common name for this plant.<ref name=BSBI07>{{BSBI 2007 |accessdate=2014-10-17 }}</ref> It is native to much of Europe, western Asia and Maghreb in Africa; despite its name it is not found in Greenland.<ref name="iucn status 11 November 2021" />
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Category:Freshwater plants Category:Potamogetonaceae Category:Monotypic Alismatales genera Category:Taxa named by Jaques Étienne Gay
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