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Stratiotes
Stratiotes is a genus with one species, Stratiotes aloides (water soldiers), a free-floating aquatic plant native to Europe and Central Asia. It is grown in cool pond water and aquariums, and it sinks to the bottom in winter and rises to the surface to flower.
Stratiotes is a genus of aquatic plants in the family Hydrocharitaceae, described as a genus by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. It contains only one species, Stratiotes aloides, commonly known as water soldiers, which is native to Europe and Central Asia.
It is native to the following regions as defined in the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions:
Stratiotes aloides is commonly used in cool water ponds and aquariums in Europe.
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