Caldesia parnassifolia

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

Caldesia parnassifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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.
  • Alisma damasonium Willd.
  • Alisma dubium Willd.
  • Alisma parnassifolium Bassi
  • Alisma reniforme D.Don
  • Caldesia parnassifolia subsp. euparnassiifolia Asch. & Graebn.
  • Caldesia parnassifolia var. major (Micheli) Buchenau
  • Caldesia reniformis (D.Don) Makino
  • Echinodorus parnassifolius (Bassi) Engelm.

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
  1. "Caldesia parnassifolia (Bassi) Parl. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  2. Ito, Y., T. Ohi-Toma, Nb. Tanaka, and J. Murata (2009) New or noteworthy plant collections from Myanmar (3) Caldesia parnassifolia, Nechamandra alternifolia, Potamogeton maackianus and P. octandrus. Journal of Japanese Botany 84: 321-329.
  3. "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
  4. Altervista Flora Italiana, Mestolaccia minore, Parnassus Leaved Water Plantain, Caldesia parnassifolia
  5. "Caldesia parnassifolia in Flora of China @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
  6. B D Borse, K N Borse, S Y Patil, C M Pawara, L C Nemade and V R Patil Freshwater Higher Fungi of India (2015), p. 178, at Google Books
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