Cabombaceae

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Classis: Unassigned
Ordo: Nymphaeales

Familia: Cabombaceae
Genera: Brasenia – Cabomba
Name

Cabombaceae Rich. ex A.Rich., Dict. Class. Hist. Nat. [Bory] 2: 608. (1822) nom. cons.

Type genus: Cabomba Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 321. (1775)

Synonyms

Hydropeltidaceae (DC.) Dumort. 1822

References

Dumort. 1822. Commentationes botanicae 2: 608.
Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. 2009. An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161(2): 105–121. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x Open access Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Cabombaceae in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 July 14. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Cabombaceae. Published online. Accessed: July 14 2019.

Vernacular names
català: Cabombàcies
čeština: Kabombovité
Deutsch: Haarnixengewächse
English: Water-shield family, Fanwort family
suomi: Viuhkalehtikasvit
magyar: Tündérhínárfélék
한국어: 어항마름과
kurdî: Famîleya kabombayan
lietuvių: Kabombiniai
മലയാളം: കാബോംബേസിയേ
polski: Pływcowate
русский: Кабомбовые
slovenčina: Kabombovité
svenska: Kabombaväxter
ไทย: วงศ์สาหร่ายบัว
Tiếng Việt: Họ Rong lá ngò
中文（简体）: 莼菜科
中文（繁體）: 蓴菜科

The Cabombaceae are a family of aquatic, herbaceous flowering plants. A common name for its species is water shield.[3] The family is recognised as distinct in the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group IV system (2016). The family consists of two genera of aquatic plants, Brasenia and Cabomba, totalling six species.[4]

The Cabombaceae are all aquatic, living in still or slow-moving waters of temperate and tropical North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia. Although found on all continents but Antarctica, the plants tend to grow in relatively restricted ranges.[5]

The family has an extensive fossil record from the Cretaceous with plants that exhibit affinities to either the Cabombaceae or Nymphaceae occurring in the Early Cretaceous.[5] One such likely Cretaceous member is the genus Pluricarpellatia, found in rocks 115 million years old in what is now Brazil.[2]

The APG system of 1998 included this family in the water lily family Nymphaeaceae, as did the APG II system, of 2003 (optionally). The APG III and APG IV systems of classification separated the family Cabombaceae from the family Nymphaeaceae.[6][7][8] The family is part of the order Nymphaeales, which is one of the most basal flowering plant lineages.
References

Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009), "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 161 (2): 105–121, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x, archived from the original on 2017-05-25, retrieved 2010-12-10
Stevens, Peter F. "Cabombaceae". APWeb. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
Watson, L.; Dallwitz, M. J. "The families of flowering plants, Cabombaceae". Retrieved 2012-12-01.
Brgaard, Marian (1991). "The genus Cabomba (Cabombaceae) - a taxonomic study". Nordic Journal of Botany. 11 (2): 179–203. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.1991.tb01819.x.
Friis, Else Marie; Crane, Peter R.; Pederses, Kaj Raunsgaard (2011). Early Flowers and Angiosperm Evolution. Cambridge University Press. 9781139123921.
Iles, WJD (2014). "Reconstructing the age and historical biogeography of the ancient flowering-plant family Hydatellaceae (Nymphaeales)". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 14 (1): 102. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-14-102. PMC 4030046. PMID 24884487.
Saarela, JM (2007). "Hydatellaceae identified as a new branch near the base of the angiosperm phylogenetic tree". Nature. 446 (7133): 312–315. Bibcode:2007Natur.446..312S. doi:10.1038/nature05612. PMID 17361182.

Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 181 (1): 1–20. doi:10.1111/boj.12385. ISSN 0024-4074.

Simpson, M.G. Plant Systematics. Elsevier Academic Press. 2006.
Iles, W.J.D.; et al. (2014). "Reconstructing the age and historical biogeography of the ancient flowering-plant family Hydatellaceae (Nymphaeales)". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 14 (1): 102. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-14-102. PMC 4030046. PMID 24884487.
Saarela, J.M.; et al. (2007). "Hydatellaceae identified as a new branch near the base of the angiosperm phylogenetic tree". Nature. 446 (7133): 312–315. Bibcode:2007Natur.446..312S. doi:10.1038/nature05612. PMID 17361182.