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Shinnersia is a genus of small aquatic plants in the daisy family, with Shinnersia rivularis (Rio Grande bugheal) as the best-known member. It grows with its roots in muck in shallow, slow-moving water, with stems just breaking the surface, and is often kept in freshwater aquariums.
Shinnersia rivularis, known as the Rio Grande bugheal or Mexican oak leaf plant, is an aquatic plant native to Texas, Coahuila, and Nuevo León.
It is classified in tribe Eupatorieae within family Asteraceae. It is thought to be related to two other aquatic genera in this tribe, Sclerolepis and Trichocoronis. The roots live in the muck at the bottom of shallow slow-moving water (for example, along a stream), and the stem extends above the water slightly (less than 10 centimetres).
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