Cabombaceae
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Cabombaceae is a family of angiosperms within the order Nymphaeales. It belongs to the class Magnoliopsida and the phylum Tracheophyta in the kingdom Plantae. The family is also referred to by common names such as the water-shield family, fanwort family, and 莼菜科. Its taxonomic type is Cabomba.
The family has existed since approximately 115 million years ago. Species within this group inhabit freshwater environments. Records indicate occurrences in the United States, Brasil, China, and Bolivia. Institutions holding records include HXC, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), MEL, UFPB, and UFRGS. The taxon status is accepted.
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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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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 24
- With media
- 9
- Family
- Cabombaceae
- Collections
- HXC, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), MEL, UFPB, UFRGS, MO
- Recorded in
- United States, Brasil, China, Bolivia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Nymphaeales
- Image
- BraseniaAlt.jpg
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- taxon rank
- family
- Commons category
- Cabombaceae
- topic's main category
- Category:Cabombaceae
- taxonomic type
- Cabomba
- taxon common name
- 莼菜科
- start time
- 115000000-
- taxon name
- Cabombaceae
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Description
- Vegetative characteristics
- Generative characteristics
- Distribution
- Fossil record
- Taxonomy
- Publication
- Taxonomic history
- References
- Further reading
- External links
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cabombaceae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.