View source for Cabomba ← Cabomba You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Cabomba |accepted_authority=Aublet |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Hist. Pl. Guiane, |place=321. 1775 |year=1775 }} |common_names=Fanwort |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Cabombaceae;Cabomba |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cabombaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Cabomba]]</div></div> |etymology=probably an aboriginal name |volume=Volume 3 |mention_page= |treatment_page= }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="part life cycle;part reproduction;part coating"><b>Herbs,</b> young vegetative parts often with rust-colored pubescence, barely mucilaginous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="leaf location;leaf growth form or location"><b>Leaves </b>submersed and floating;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="petiole size or length">petiole short to long.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf location;segment quantity;segment architecture;segment arrangement or course or shape"><b>Submersed </b>leaves: blade in 3-7 dichotomously [trichotomously] branched, linear segments.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="leaf growth form or location;blade position or structure subtype;blade arrangement or shape;margin shape;margin shape;margin prominence"><b>Floating </b>leaves: blade terminal, linear-elliptic [broadly elliptic], margins entire or notched at base, appearing only during flowering, inconspicuous [more evident in C. aquatica, a tropical species].</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="sepal quantity;sepal architecture;sepal shape"><b>Flowers:</b> sepals 3, petaloid, obovate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="petal quantity;petal shape;auricle position;auricle coloration;auricle architecture;base shape">petals 3, oval, with proximal, yellow, nectar-bearing auricles, base clawed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="stamen quantity;petal arrangement">stamens 3-6, opposite petals;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="pistil atypical quantity;pistil quantity;pistil architecture;pistil architecture or structure in adjective form">pistils [1-] 2-4, simple, 1-locular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="ovule atypical quantity;ovule atypical quantity;ovule quantity">ovules [1-] 3 [-5];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="stigma architecture or shape">stigma capitate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="fruit shape;fruit shape"><b>Fruits </b>elongate-pyriform, tapered to apex.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties=""><b>Seeds </b>ovoid [somewhat globose], tuberculate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="seed shape;seed relief;x chromosome quantity">x = 13.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Mostly tropical regions;Western Hemisphere |discussion=<p>Species 5 (1 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references={{Treatment/Reference |id=fassett1953a |text=Fassett, N. C. 1953. A monograph of Cabomba. Castanea 13: 116-128. }}{{Treatment/Reference |id=rgaard1991a |text=Ørgaard, M. 1991. The genus Cabomba (Cabombaceae)--A taxonomic study. Nordic J. Bot. 11: 179-203. }} }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Cabomba |author= |authority=Aublet |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Cabombaceae |distribution=Mostly tropical regions;Western Hemisphere |reference=fassett1953a;rgaard1991a |publication title=Hist. Pl. Guiane, |publication year=1775 |special status= |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/287ef3db526bd807d435a3c7423ef2df1e951227/V3/V3_1028.xml |genus=Cabomba |auricle architecture=nectar-bearing |auricle coloration=yellow |auricle position=proximal |base shape=clawed |blade arrangement or shape=linear-elliptic |blade position or structure subtype=terminal |fruit shape=tapered;elongate-pyriform |leaf growth form or location=floating;floating |leaf location=submersed;submersed |margin prominence=inconspicuous |margin shape=notched;entire |ovule atypical quantity=3;5 |ovule quantity=3 |part coating=mucilaginous |part life cycle=young |part reproduction=vegetative |petal arrangement=opposite |petal quantity=3 |petal shape=oval |petiole size or length=short to long |pistil architecture=simple |pistil architecture or structure in adjective form=1-locular |pistil atypical quantity=1;2 |pistil quantity=2;4 |seed relief=tuberculate |seed shape=ovoid |segment architecture=branched |segment arrangement or course or shape=linear |segment quantity=3;7 |sepal architecture=petaloid |sepal quantity=3 |sepal shape=obovate |stamen quantity=3;6 |stigma architecture or shape=capitate |x chromosome quantity=13 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Cabombaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Cabombaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Template:Treatment/Reference (view source) Return to Cabomba.