Fromhydato- +-phyte.Hydat- is the stem ofAncient Greekὕδωρ(húdōr,“water”).
hydatophyte (pluralhydatophytes)
- Anobligatewaterplant; a plant which lives partly or completely submerged in water, such asPistia stratiotes.
1973, Aleksandr Mikhaĭlovich Prokhorov,Great Soviet Encyclopedia, volume 6, page637:[…] hydatophytes are not attached to the ground by their roots (duckweed and Canadian pondweed), and others (the waterlily) are attached. Hydatophytes are classified according to their course of development. True hydatophytes[…]
1992, J. Sebanek,Plant Physiology, volume21, page43:[…] hydatophytes) are those plants which live either completely (the so-called submersionhydatophytes), or partly i.e. with their vegetative organs, (the so-called emmersion[sic]hydatophytes) submerged in water. Amphibious[…]
2012 December 6, F.D. Por,The Pantanal of Mato Grosso (Brazil): World’s Largest Wetlands, Springer Science & Business Media,→ISBN, page50:[…] the amount ofhydatophyte biomass which leaves the Pantanal merit further study. The camalotes carry with them also a significant terrestrial macrofauna. Caimans travel downstream and reach Argentina and there are also unconfirmed […]
2016, Dharmendra K. Gupta, Clemens Walther,Impact of Cesium on Plants and the Environment, page193:[…]hydatophytes and hydrophytes don't differ conceptually in the ability to concentrate radionuclides.
