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CERATOPHYLLACEAE

HORNWORT FAMILY

Fosiée Tahbaz

Annual, perennial herb, submerged aquatic, monoecious
Stem slender, well branched
Leaves whorled, repeatedly forked; divisions thread-like or narrow, ± stiff, minutely serrate
Inflorescence: flowers solitary in axils, sessile
Flower minute; perianth thin, many-parted; stamens 10–20, free; pistil generally 1, ovary sessile, chamber 1, ovule 1, style persistent
Fruit: achene, smooth to spiny. 1 genus.
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