The research progress of three kinds of living aquatic plants,submerged plants,floating plants and emergent plants,were reviewed.The influencing factors of phytoremediation of heavy metal polluted water bodies and the methods of phytoremediation of heavy metal removal were discussed,and the mechanism of aquatic phytoremediation of heavy metal polluted water bodies was summarized.Finally,some problems to be solved in the practical engineering application of remediation of water...