Common Names
Common Names in English:
Fishgrass
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
Habit: Forb/herb
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,113 meters (0 to 3,652 feet).Mean = 170.780 meters (560.302 feet), Standard Deviation = 978.880 based on 32 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
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:
haynesii
- Wiersema
- Botanical name: - Cabomba haynesii Wiersema
- Specific epithet:
haynesii
- Wiersema
- Genus:
Cabomba
(
- Family:
Noctuoidea
(
- Order:
Nymphaeales
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Cabomba piauhyensis auct. non Gardner ex Hook.
Notes
Publishing author
: Gardner in Hook. Publication
: Hooker's Icon. Pl. 7: t. 641 1844A tentatively accepted name
in the RHS Horticultural Database.
Name
Status: Accepted Name. Latest taxonomic
scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000
Place of publication: Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 76:1167. 1989
Name verified on 24-May-2000 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
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. 11:197.
- 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)
- Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75. (L Ecuador)
- Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. 1995–. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. (F VenGuay)
- 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.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 30, 2006. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 17, 2008.
- The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
- 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 November 17, 2007:
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2665873
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-501098
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13756975
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:938414-1
- GRIN Nomen Number: 416936
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 501098
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 938414-1
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: CAPI8
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 26635
