{"url":"https://treescape.app/api/families/alismataceae/?format=json","slug":"alismataceae","latin_name":"Alismataceae","description":"The water-plantains (Alismataceae) are a family of flowering plants, comprising 20 genera (17 extant and 3 fossil) and 119 species. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, with the greatest number of species in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Most of the species are herbaceous aquatic plants growing in marshes and ponds.","gbif_id":3720,"image_thumbnail":"https://treescape.app/media/plant_species/images/thumbnails/alismataceae_thumbnail_adUd1pf.jpg","image_large":"https://treescape.app/media/plant_species/images/large/alismataceae_thumbnail_2ljlINU.jpg"}