Common Names
Common Names in English:
Carolina Fanwort, Fanwort
Description
Genus Cabomba
Herbs, young vegetative
parts often with rust-colored pubescence
, barely mucilaginous
. Leaves submersed
and floating; petiole
short to long. Submersed leaves: blade
in 3-7 dichotomously [trichotomously] branched, linear
segments. Floating 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]. Flowers: sepals 3, petaloid
, obovate
; petals 3, oval
, with proximal
, yellow, nectar-bearing auricles
, base clawed; stamens 3-6, opposite petals; pistils [1-]2-4, simple
, 1-locular; ovules [1-]3[-5]; stigma capitate. Fruits elongate-pyriform, tapered to apex. Seeds ovoid
[somewhat globose
], tuberculate
. x
= 13.
Species 5: mostly tropical regions
, Western Hemisphere."Cabomba". in Flora of North America Vol. 3. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org.
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Plants
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Vascular Plants
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Dicotyledons
- Order:
Nymphaeales
()
- Family:
Noctuoidea
()
- Genus:
Cabomba
()
- Aublet, Hist. Pl. Guiane. 321. 1775.
- Fanwort [probably an aboriginal name]
- Specific epithet:
caroliniana
- Gray
- Variety:
caroliniana
- Botanical name: - Cabomba caroliniana var. caroliniana Gray
- Variety:
caroliniana
- Specific epithet:
caroliniana
- Gray
- Genus:
Cabomba
(
- Family:
Noctuoidea
(
- Order:
Nymphaeales
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000
Similar Species
Members of the genus Cabomba
There are approximately 23 species in this genus:
C. aquatica · C. aubletii · C. australis · C. callistegioides · C. caroliana · C. caroliniana (Carolina Fanwort) · C. caroliniana A.Gray var. caroliniana Gray · C. caroliniana var. caroliniana · C. caroliniana var. flavida (Carolina Fanwort) · C. caroliniana var. paucipartita · C. caroliniana var. pulcherrima · C. caroliniana var. pulcherrrima · C. furcata (Forked Fanwort) · C. haynesii (Fishgrass) · C. palaeformis · C. peltata · C. piauhiensis · C. piauhyensis f. albida · C. pinnata · C. pubescens · C. schwartzii · C. viridifolia · C. warmingii
Bibliography
- Fassett, N. C. 1953. A monograph of Cabomba. Castanea 13: 116-128.
- O/rgaard, M. 1991. The genus Cabomba (Cabombaceae)--A taxonomic study. Nordic J. Bot. 11: 179-203.
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2007. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed March 24, 2007.
Identifiers
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-527001
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13908118
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1012780
