Common Name: WATERSHIELD FAMILY Habit: Perennial herb, aquatic, rhizomes in mud. Stem: elongate, leafy, ends floating. Leaf: of 2 kinds: submersed, palmately dissected, opposite [whorled], short-petioled, not peltate; floating, simple, alternate, petioled, peltate, entire; stipules 0. Inflorescence: flowers 1 on long axillary peduncles, generally on or above water surface. Flower: bisexual, parts +- free; sepals, petals each 3[4], alternate, persistent; stamens 3--6 or 18--36(51), filaments slender, anthers opening lengthwise; carpels [1]2--18, ovaries superior, 1-chambered, ovules [1]2--3[5]. Fruit: achene- or follicle-like, indehiscent. Seed: 1--3, aril 0. Genera In Family: 2 genera, 6 species: temperate, tropical America, Africa, eastern Asia, Australia; some Cabomba species cultivated for aquaria. Note: Separation from Nymphaeaceae (carpels fused, fruits berry-like) confirmed by molecular data (Les et al. 1999 Syst Bot 24:28--46). Unabridged Note: Pollinated by wind (Brasenia) or insects (Cabomba). eFlora Treatment Author: Thomas J. Rosatti Scientific Editor: Bruce G. Baldwin, Robert E. Preston.
Common Name: FANWORT Leaf: blade +- >= petiole; submersed leaves dissected into many +- thread-like to linear segments. Flower: perianth white to +- yellow [purple]; carpels [1]3[4], stigmas head-like. Seed: 1--3. Etymology: (Probably aboriginal)
Citation for this treatment: Thomas J. Rosatti 2012, Cabomba caroliniana, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=16450, accessed on April 18, 2024.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 18, 2024.
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