This makes them a conservation priority when the rapids where they grow are chosen for flooding by hydro power plants
#AquaticPlantPropaganda

This caused A LOT of drama, because some people were really attached to some names. However, 6 years later, there seems to be a consensus in the botanical community that this classification proposed by us is the more logical and has been widely adopted worldwide
#Commelinales #AquaticPlantPropaganda

Because every day is #Pride day and because #ImABotanist, here's a rainbow made exclusively by flowers of all families of #Commelinales #AquaticPlantPropaganda #QueerInSTEM