Caldesia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Alismatales

Familia: Alismataceae
Genus: Caldesia
Species: C. grandis – C. janaki-ammaliae – C. oligococca – C. parnassifolia
Source(s) of checklist:

Hassler, M. 2018. Caldesia (Alismataceae). World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jul. 02. Reference page.

Name

Caldesia Parl. 1860.

Type species: Caldesia parnassifolia (Bassi ex L.) Parl.

References

Parlatore, F., 1860: Flora italiana... Firenze, 3(2): 598.

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Caldesia (Alismataceae). World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jul. 02. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Caldesia (Alismataceae). Published online. Accessed: Jul. 02 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Caldesia (Alismataceae) in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jul. 02.
Tropicos.org 2018. Caldesia (Alismataceae). Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jul. 02.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Caldesia (Alismataceae) in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jul. 02. Reference page.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Caldesia (Alismataceae). .

Caldesia is a genus of aquatic plants. It includes three living species widespread across Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia.[1][2][3] The genus "has an extensive Oligocene through Pleistocene fossil record in Eurasia,"[4] and has been found in fossil strata of the United States (Idaho and Vermont) as well. Ten fossil species have been described for the genus.
Description

Leaves all basal, floating or aerial, ovate to elliptical, cordate or subcordate. Flowers hermaphrodite, in racemes or panicles. Stamens 6(-11). Carpels few or numerous in a single whorl, free, each with 1 ovule; styles subventral. Fruitlets drupaceous, with woody endocarp and spongy exocarp, swollen, with a short subventral beak, smooth or with tubercles or spines.
Selected species

Caldesia brandoniana †
Caldesia grandis Sam. - Assam, Bangladesh, southern China
Caldesia oligococca (F.Muell.) Buchanan
Caldesia oligococca var. acanthocarpa (F.Muell.) Hartog - Queensland, Northern Territory (of Australia)
Caldesia oligococca var. echinata Hartog - western Africa from Mali to Chad, plus India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Java
Caldesia oligococca var. oligococca - Timor, Queensland
Caldesia parnassifolia (L.) Parl. - widespread across Europe, Asia, Africa, Queensland
Caldesia reniformis (D.Don) Makino - synonym of Caldesia parnassifolia

References

"World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
Altervista Flora Italiana, Mestolaccia minore, Parnassus Leaved Water Plantain, Caldesia parnassifolia
"Caldesia in Flora of China @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
Haggard, Kristina K.; Tiffney, Bruce H. (1997). "The Flora of the Early Miocene Brandon Lignite, Vermont, USA. VIII. Caldesia (Alismataceae)". American Journal of Botany. American Journal of Botany, Vol. 84, No. 2. 84 (2): 239–252. doi:10.2307/2446086. JSTOR 2446086.