Cabombaceae
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Cabombaceae is the botanical name of a family of flowering plants. Such a family has been recognised by at least some taxonomists.
The APG II system, of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system, of 1998), does not recognise such a family, at least as such: the plants in question are included in family Nymphaeaceae. However, APG II does allow this as an optional segregate. In that case the family is unplaced as to order: it is not placed at all beyond being accepted among the most basic lineages in the clade angiosperms.
The family consists of two genera (Brasenia and Cabomba, totalling half-a-dozen species, of aquatic plants.
External links
- [Cabombaceae] in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). [The families of flowering plants]: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. Version: 3rd May 2006. http://delta-intkey.com
- [Cabombaceae in the Flora of North America]
- [Cabomaceae in the Flora of China]
- [NCBI Taxonomy Browser]
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