hydrophyte

Machine-translated from the French article

In Raunkiær's classification, a hydrophyte is a type of plant that lives partly or fully submerged in water (its dormant buds and leaves are under water) for much or all of the year. Within this class, one can distinguish: Hydrophytes play a role in: Floating leaves have, in their lower parts, a tissue filled with air called aerenchyma. The chemical composition of hydrophyte leaves differs from that of terrestrial plants.