familyCabombaceae
genusBrasenia
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Difference between revisions of "Brasenia"
Gen. Pl. 1: 372. 1789.
Common names: Water-shield
Etymology: for Christoph Brasen, 1738-1774, Moravian missionary and plant collector in Greenland and Labrador
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| − | --><span class="statement" id="st- | + | --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> young vegetative parts heavily coated with mucilage. <b>Leaves</b> floating; petiole long. <b>Leaf</b> blade elliptic. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals 3, not petaloid, linear-oblong to narrowly ovate; petals 3, linear-oblong, lacking auricles, base not clawed; stamens 18-36(-51), opposite both sepals and petals; pistils 4-18, simple, 1-locular; ovules (1-)2; stigma linear-decurrent. <b>Fruits</b> slightly to strongly fusiform. <b>Seeds</b> ovoid, tubercles absent. <b>x</b> = 40.</span><!-- |
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|discussion=<p>Species 1 (1 in the flora).</p><!-- | |discussion=<p>Species 1 (1 in the flora).</p><!-- | ||
--><p>Brasenia is known from the fossil record in Europe although it is not known to grow there currently.</p> | --><p>Brasenia is known from the fossil record in Europe although it is not known to grow there currently.</p> | ||
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Revision as of 13:30, 27 July 2019
Herbs, young vegetative parts heavily coated with mucilage. Leaves floating; petiole long. Leaf blade elliptic. Flowers: sepals 3, not petaloid, linear-oblong to narrowly ovate; petals 3, linear-oblong, lacking auricles, base not clawed; stamens 18-36(-51), opposite both sepals and petals; pistils 4-18, simple, 1-locular; ovules (1-)2; stigma linear-decurrent. Fruits slightly to strongly fusiform. Seeds ovoid, tubercles absent. x = 40.
Distribution
Worldwide except Europe, mainly temperate and upland tropics.
Discussion
Species 1 (1 in the flora).
Brasenia is known from the fossil record in Europe although it is not known to grow there currently.
Selected References
None.