Cabombaceae
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Species
FAMILY
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderNymphaeales
- FamilyCabombaceae
蓴菜科（学名：Cabombaceae）又名水盾草科。多年生水草，多生於湖泊沼澤中。除了是多年生沉水植物，該植物科種的特徵為地下蔓延之根莖十分發達，一般來說，該科的物種今發現約有二屬，七種。 在台灣，蓴菜科植物於戰後被以觀賞植物功能引進，今歸化於宜蘭親水區。
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- BraseniaAlt.jpg
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- Cabombaceae
- taxon common name
- 莼菜科
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- 115000000-
- taxon name
- Cabombaceae
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- Description
- Vegetative characteristics
- Generative characteristics
- Distribution
- Fossil record
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The Cabombaceae are a family of aquatic, herbaceous flowering plants. A common name for its species is water shield. The family is recognised as distinct in the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group IV system (2016). The family consists of two genera of aquatic plants, Brasenia and Cabomba, totalling six species.
==Description== thumb|Submerged leaf of Cabomba caroliniana A.Gray with scale bar (2 cm) on a white background ===Vegetative characteristics=== Cabombaceae are perennial, rhizomatous, aquatic herbs with slender, branched rhizomes and adventitious roots. The leaves are whorled, alternate, or opposite. Both floating and submerged leaves are produced. ===Generative characteristics=== The solitary, pedunculate, bisexual, chasmogamous, actinomorphic, inodorous flowers float on the water surface or extend beyond it. The gynoecium consists of (1–)2–18 free carpels. The indehiscent, follicle-like or achene-like fruit bears 1–3 seeds.