Aquatic Macrophyte Collection

Fish, Fishes, Lophius histrio, Sargassum anglerfish, Sea toad, The sargassum fish, anglerfish, or frog fish, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Papyrus plants (Cyperus papyrus) near Syracuse, papyrus shrubs in water, water lilies, island of Sicily, Italy, historical illustration 1882, Europe

Series tropical fruits with local people, watermelon, Liebig picture, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from ca 1900, public domain, exact date unknown

Indian Lotus, Nelumbo nucifera, on a pond, Illustration from 1872, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Sea anemones, Actiniaria, also water lilies, sea lilies or actinia, illustration from 1874, historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Robert Hermann Schomburgk (1804-1865), British traveller and explorer, born in Freiburg, Germany

Saraswati sitting on a lotus with her elephant fish. Saraswati is the consort of Brahma

Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of happiness, love, fertility, prosperity, health and beauty, seated on a lotus and supported by two elephants, 1890, East India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat Temple

Radha and Krishna on a lotus flower, 1890, East India, Bengal, Kolkata, Temple Kalighat, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Melethallia, gregarious algettes, green algae, art forms of nature, Historic, c. 1840, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Fucoideae, brown tang, kelp, Art Forms of Nature, Historical, c. 1840, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Indians in North America, Native Americans digging for gold. Contains baskets made of bulrushes or reeds, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the period

Botany, Plants, Guajacana angustifolia, Syn. Lotus Africana, Lotus tree and Guajacana latifolia, Ebony tree, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Sponges, sitting on a seaweed stalk, Spongelia pallescens, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Sea anemones (Actiniaria), also called water lilies, sea lilies or actinia, are a species- and genus-rich order of Hexacorallia within the floral animals, Historical

Useful plant, Gelidium corneum, Red alga, Seaweed, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an 18th century original

Medicinal plant, sea rod (Laminaria hyperborea), Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

True lavender or common lavender (Lavandula officinalis) syn

Simple hedgehog bulb, Sparganium emersum (top left), Broad-leaved bulrush, Typha latifolia (top right), Calamus, Acorus calamus (bottom), Historic

A swan pursues an elegant lady sitting in a rowing boat and picking water lilies, 1880, historical woodcut, Germany, Europe

Common frogbit (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae), historical illustration from 1885, Germany, Europe

Common Bulrush (Typha latifolia), historical illustration from 1885, Germany, Europe

Yellow water-lily (Nuphar lutea), historical illustration from 1885, Germany, Europe

European white water lily (Nymphaea alba), historical illustration from 1885, Germany, Europe

Fringed Water-lily (Menyanthes Nymphoides), medicinal plant, historical chromolithography, ca. 1786

Spiny Naiad or Holly-leaved Water Nymph (Najas marina), medicinal plant, useful plant, chromolithograph, circa 1790

Broad-leaved pondweed, floating pondweed (Potamogeton natans), medicinal plant, crop plant, chromolithography, about 1870

Yellow water-lily (Nuphar lutea)
Yellow water-lily (Nuphar lutea, Nuphar luteum), medicinal plant, crop plant, chromolithography, about 1870

Waterlily (Nymphaea polystigma), medicinal plant, crop plant, chromolithography, about 1870

Pond water crowfoot (Ranunculus hybridus peltatus), medicinal plant, crop plant, chromolithography, about 1870

River water crowfoot (Ranunculus hybridus fluitans), medicinal plant, crop plant, chromolithography, about 1870

Watercress (Nasturtium officinale), medicinal and useful plants, chromolithography, 1880

Watercress dogmustard (Erucastrum nasturtiifolium), medicinal and useful plants, chromolithography, 1880

Amazonomachy, the mythical battle between the Ancient Greeks and the Amazons

Amazonomachy, the mythical battle between the Ancient Greeks and the Amazons

Historical illustration, Hepatics, Liverworts, Scapania umbrosa, Plate 82 from Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur, Art Forms of Nature

Historical illustration, Hepatics, Liverworts, Marchantia polymorpha, individual female blossoms, Plate 82 from Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur, Art Forms of Nature

Historical illustration, Siphoneae, Giant Marine Algae, Neomeris Kelleri, tick-shaped Dasnkladee, Plate 64 from Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur, Art Forms of Nature

Historical illustration, Siphoneae, Giant Marine Algae, Caulerpa peltata, tiered Caulerpa, Plate 64 from Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur, Art Forms of Nature

Historical illustration, Siphoneae, Giant Marine Algae, Bornetella capitata, cone-shaped Dasnkladee, Plate 64 from Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur, Art Forms of Nature

Historical illustration, Siphoneae, Giant Marine Algae, Struvea plumosa, feather-shaped Daloniazee, Plate 64 from Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur, Art Forms of Nature

Pink lotus or water lily flowers

Pink lotus blooming on pond. Vertical photography

Lotus flower between the greed lotus pads

A beautiful pink lotus on pond

Indian red water lily (Nymphaea rubra) in front of Manakula Vinayagar Temple for sales in Puducherry Pondicherry, South India, India, Asia

White water lily, Nymphaea alba (top left), Common barberry, sour thorn, vinegar berry or true barberry, Berberis vulgaris (right), Common wood vine, true wood vine or common wood vine

Golden violet, Erysimum cheiri (top left), Garden levkoje, Matthiola incana (top right), Common cress or cress, Nasturtium officinale (bottom left), Brassica rapa (bottom centre), Winter cress

Two woman in a rowing boat on a pond with many water lilies, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Nelumbium speciosum, Indian lotus, Lotus, digital, restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Water lily (Nymphaea) lotus var rubra, Tiger lotus, Lotus, digital, restored reproduction of a 19th century original

European white water lily (Nymphaea alba), also known as the European white water lily, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Crystallisation basin of the salt works in Fuencaliente at the Punta de Fuencaliente, red alga, Dunaliella salina, La Palma, Canary Island, Spain, Europe

Medicinal plants: Bladderwrack, clubmoss, field horsetail, Iceland moss, angelica, hops, mistletoe, Historic, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Ancient Egypt, Musician Girl with Braided Hair and Lotus Flower, 18th Dynasty, History of Fashion, Historical, Digital Reproduction of an Original 19th century Artwork

Ancient Egyptian woman's head with lotus blossoms, 19th dynasty, Thebes, Fashion history, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Also blue lotus (Nymphaea caerulea), Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea, digital reproduction of an original from the 18th century, original date not known

Common frogbit (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae), digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date not known

Bulrush (Typha latifolia), digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date not known

Cuckoo buttercup (Ranunculus hederaceus), also ivy water crowfoot, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date not known

Victoria amazonica, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, also known as Amazon giant water lily, is a species of plant in the giant water lily genus

Water lilies (Nymphaea), woodcut, from A new herbal or historie of plants by Rembert Dodoens (1516-1585), London, England, 1578

Water lilies (Nymphaea), hand-coloured copper engraving by Basilius Besler, from Hortus Eystettensis, 1613

Botany, water ranunculus above common water crowfoot (Batrachium aquatile), mousetail (Myosurus minimus), globe ranunculus or troll flower (Trollius europaeus), columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris)

Botany, Two-leaved cuckoo flower (Platanthera bifolia). Arrowhead (Sagittaria sagittifolia), frogbit (Hydrocharis morsus ranae), historical illustration 1900

At, Dieksee near Eutin, inland, lakeshore, reeds, water plants, group of trees, cloudy sky, rural idyll, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, historical illustration 1880, Europe

Stag in the rut, Hubertus hunting and hunting scenes, wild animals, nature, forest, Seii, water plants, reeds, historical illustration around 1860

Two Great Crested Grebes with clutch of eggs, Hubertus hunting and hunting scenes, wild animals, eggs, lake, water plant, nature, historical illustration c. 1860

Water lilies in the monastery pond, Seeon-Seebruck, Chiemgau, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Fritz Reuter (1810) (1874) Low German writer and poet, Hanne Nuete un de luette Pudel, Eine Vogel, und Menschengeschichte, Platt, Low German, Low German, dialect, language, poet, poem

Three swans, pond, lake, reed, water lilies, Hubertus hunting, hunting scenes, wild animals, nature, plumage, historical illustration around 1860

Lotus flower, Ramses II, Egypt, digitally restored reproduction of a public domain collective picture from ca 1900, Liebig picture series Symbolic Flowers (1893), Africa

Watercress (Nasturtium officinale), historical illustration from 1885, Germany, Europe

Algae, 1. Hijiki (Sargassum fusiforme), 2. Leaf Algae, 3. Dabberlocks or Winged Kelp (Alaria esculenta), 4. Florideae (Florideophycidae), 5. Red Algae (Plocamium sp.), 6

Watercress (Nasturtium officinale), medicinal plant, historical chromolithography, 1870

Arrowhead (Sagittaria sagittifolia), medicinal plant, crop plant, chromolithography, about 1870

Fringed water-lily, Yellow floating-heart, Water fringe (Nymphoides peltata), medicinal plant, useful plant, chromolithography, 1888

Historical illustration, Hepatics, Liverworts, Marchantia nitida, female plants, Plate 82 from Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur, Art Forms of Nature

Historical illustration, Hepatics, Liverworts, Scapania aequiloba, Plate 82 from Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur, Art Forms of Nature

Historical illustration, Hepatics, Liverworts, Jungerannia ventricosa, Plate 82 from Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur, Art Forms of Nature

Historical illustration, Hepatics, Liverworts, Fimbriaria cubensis, Plate 82 from Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur, Art Forms of Nature

Historical illustration, Siphoneae, Giant Marine Algae, Caulerpa pinnata, feathered Caulerpa, Plate 64 from Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur, Art Forms of Nature

Historical illustration, Siphoneae, Giant Marine Algae, Acetabularia mediterranea, mushroom-shaped Dasnkladee, Plate 64 from Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur, Art Forms of Nature

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Aquatic macrophytes are a diverse group of plant species that thrive in aquatic environments, including freshwater lakes, rivers, wetlands, and coastal areas. These plants play a crucial role in maintaining the balance of aquatic ecosystems by providing essential services such as oxygen production, nutrient cycling, and habitat creation for various aquatic organisms. Macrophytes can be divided into two main categories: emergent and submerged. Emergent macrophytes grow above the water's surface with their leaves or stems exposed to air while their roots remain submerged. Examples include cattails (Typha latifolia) and bulrushes (Scirpus spp.). Submerged macrophytes grow entirely underwater with only their leaves or flowers visible above the surface; examples include water lilies (Nymphaea spp.) and coontail (Ceratophyllum demersum). Aquatic macrophytes contribute significantly to ecosystem functioning through several mechanisms: **Oxygen production**: Like terrestrial plants, aquatic macrophytes undergo photosynthesis during daylight hours when sunlight is available. This process involves converting carbon dioxide into glucose using energy from sunlight. **Nutrient cycling**: Macrophyte roots absorb nutrients from the surrounding water column or sediment before releasing them back into the environment through decomposition processes. **Habitat provision**: Aquatic macrophytes serve as sheltered habitats for numerous fish species at different stages of development; they also provide food sources for herbivorous animals like snails and insects. **Water filtration**: Some types of submerged aquatics act like natural filters by absorbing excess nutrients from runoff waters which helps maintain good ecological health within these systems. However certain factors may negatively impact populations - invasive species competition climate change pollution etc.