Cabomba furcata

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• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
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Common Names

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.

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,524 meters (0 to 5,000 feet).Mean = 203.840 meters (668.766 feet), Standard Deviation = 290.600 based on 64 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Cabomba piauhyensis auct. non Gardner ex Hook.

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Place of publication : Syst. veg. 7(2):1379. 1830

Name verified on 23-May-2000 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 28-Jun-2000

Similar Species

Members of the genus Cabomba

There are approximately 22 species in this genus:

C. aquatica · C. aubletii · C. australis · 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

• Ørgaard, M. 1991. The genus Cabomba - a taxonomic study. Nordic J. Bot. 11:196.
• Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. (L Peru)
• Dubs, B. 1998. Prodromus florae matogrossensis. Botany of Mato Grosso, series B, no. 3. (L Mato Grosso)
• Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973–. Flora of Ecuador. (F Ecuador)
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• Missouri Botanical Garden. W³Tropicos - on-line resource. (TROPICOS)
• Pott, V. J. & A. Pott. 1997. Checklist das macrófitas aquáticas do Pantanal, Brasil. Acta Bot. Brasil. 11:219.
• Ritter, N. P. 2002. pers. comm. via email on 21 Feb. [re. distribution in Bolivia].
• Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. 1995–. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. (F VenGuay)
• Wanderley, M. G. L., ed. 2001–. Flora fanerogâmica do Estado de São Paulo. (F Phan Sao Paulo)
• Wiersema, J. H. 1989. A new species of Cabomba (Cabombaceae) from tropical America. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 76:1167–1168.
• 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 FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, van Hertum J, eds (2008). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 13 providers.
• MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 17, 2008.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 26, 2008)

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 02, 2008:

• Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Andes to Amazon Biodiversity Program
• Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad, Herbario del Instituto de Ecología, A.C., México
• Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
• , Biodiversidad de Costa Rica
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• National Herbarium of New South Wales, NSW herbarium collection
• SysTax, Herbarium Universitat Ulm
• SysTax, SysTax
• University of Alabama Biodiversity and Systematics, Herbarium

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2676177
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-565035
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13735533
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:605276-1
• GRIN Nomen Number: 416929
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 565035
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 605276-1
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: CAPI22
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 26634

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