- Family: Cabombaceae Rich. ex A.Rich.
Brasenia Schreb.
[FZ]
Cabombaceae, H. Wild. Flora Zambesiaca 1:1. 1960
- Morphology General Habit
- Leaves floating and peltate, submerged dissected leaves lacking.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 12–18.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Carpels
- Carpels 6–18.
[FTEA]
Cabombaceae, B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971
- Morphology Leaves
- Floating leaves peltate; submerged leaves absent
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Perianth
- Sepals and petals persistent in fruit
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 12–18
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Carpels
- Carpels 6–18
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Testa with cells of outer layer very characteristically elongated radially.
Native to:
Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Amur, Angola, Arkansas, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Botswana, British Columbia, Burundi, California, Cameroon, China South-Central, China Southeast, Connecticut, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Iowa, Jamaica, Japan, Kansas, Kentucky, Kenya, Korea, Labrador, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New South Wales, New York, Newfoundland, Nigeria, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Primorye, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., South Carolina, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Uganda, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Irkutsk
Brasenia Schreb. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Gen. Pl., ed. 8[a], 1: 372 (1789)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
Literature
Flora Zambesiaca
- in L., Gen. Pl. ed. 8, 1: 372 (1789).
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- in L., Gen. Pl., ed. 8: 372 (1789)
Flora Zambesiaca
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