Biology:Caldesia parnassifolia

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Short description: Species of aquatic plant

Caldesia parnassifolia
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Alismataceae
Genus: Caldesia
Species:
C. parnassifolia
Binomial name
Caldesia parnassifolia
(L.) Parl.
Synonyms[1]
  • Alisma calyophyllum Wall.
  • Willd. Bassi
  • (D.Don) Makino Echinodorus parnassifolius
  • Alisma reniforme (Bassi) Engelm.
  • Alisma dubium D.Don
  • Caldesia parnassifolia subsp. euparnassiifolia Alisma damasonium
  • Willd. Asch. & Graebn.
  • Caldesia parnassifolia var. major Alisma parnassifolium
  • (Micheli) Buchenau Caldesia reniformis

Caldesia parnassifolia, is an aquatic species in the Alismataceae. It is found in slow-moving fresh water.

Distribution and habitat

Caldesia parnassifolia occurs in lakes and ponds. It is known from Asian fresh waters of across much of Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia , from France to the Russian Far East and south to Botswana, Madagascar and Queensland.[2][3][4][5] It is now extinct in Austria, Bulgaria and Switzerland.[1]

The leaves of Caldesia parnassifolia (Alisma reniforme) can be affected by the water-born fungi, Doassansiopsis martianoffiana.[6]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3269660 entry