Hydatellaceae are a
family of small, aquatic
flowering plants. The family consists of tiny, relatively simple, plants occurring in Australasia and India. It was formerly considered to be related to the grasses and sedges (order
Poales), but has been reassigned to the order
Nymphaeales as a result of DNA and morphological analyses showing its closer affinity to
basal angiosperms than to the order Poales, to which it bears a superficial resemblance. The family includes only the
genus Trithuria.