Cabombaceae |
| 2 genera. Perennial or rarely annual. Stems
rhizomatous or erect and leafy. Leaves floating or
submerged, palmately veined, either all pelate,
undivided, floating and alternate, or palmately dissected
to the base, submerged and whorled or opposite. Flowers
bisexual, actinomorphic, solitary on long axillary
pedicels, all parts hypogynous and free. Sepals 3-4.
Petals 3-4, white, yellow or purple. Stamens 3-36; pollen
1-sulcate. Carpels 1-18; ovules 1-3; stigmas terminal;
fruit indehiscent. |
