What is Vallisneria?
{{taxobox |image = Vallisneria_spiralis_Erasmus_Darwin_1789.jpg |caption = ''Vallisneria spiralis'' from ''[[The Botanic Garden]]'' (1791) of [[Erasmus Darwin]]. |regnum = [[Plantae]] |unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]] |unranked_classis = [[Monocots]] |ordo = [[Alismatales]] |familia = [[Hydrocharitaceae]] |genus = '''''Vallisneria''''' |genus_authority = [[L.]] |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = See text. }} '''''Vallisneria''''' is a [[genus]] of [[freshwater]] [[aquatic plant]]. It is often called '''eelgrass''', '''tape grass''' or '''vallis'''. It grows submereged in water. It has thin leaves like a ribbon, which allow water [[current (fluid)|current]]s to pass through without damaging the leaves. {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Alismatales]] [[Category:Aquatic plants]]