familyCabombaceae
genusBrasenia
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Difference between revisions of "Brasenia"
Gen. Pl. 1: 372. 1789.
Common names: Water-shield
Etymology: for Christoph Brasen, 1738-1774, Moravian missionary and plant collector in Greenland and Labrador
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
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Latest revision as of 22:45, 5 November 2020
Herbs, young vegetative parts heavily coated with mucilage. Leaves floating; petiole long. Leaf blade elliptic. Flowers: sepals 3, not petaloid, linear-oblong to narrowly ovate; petals 3, linear-oblong, lacking auricles, base not clawed; stamens 18-36(-51), opposite both sepals and petals; pistils 4-18, simple, 1-locular; ovules (1-)2; stigma linear-decurrent. Fruits slightly to strongly fusiform. Seeds ovoid, tubercles absent. x = 40.
Distribution
Worldwide except Europe, mainly temperate and upland tropics.
Discussion
Species 1 (1 in the flora).
Brasenia is known from the fossil record in Europe although it is not known to grow there currently.
Selected References
None.