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Cabomba, the Glossary

Index Cabomba

Cabomba is an aquatic plant genus, one of two belonging to the family Cabombaceae.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 20 relations: ABC News (Australia), Aquarium, Aquatic plant, Asa Gray, Cabomba aquatica, Cabomba caroliniana, Cabomba furcata, Cabombaceae, Common name, Introduced species, Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet, Josef August Schultes, Julius Hermann Schultes, Nectar, Norman Carter Fassett, Perianth, Pest (organism), Sepal, Sequential hermaphroditism, Whorl (botany).

  2. Nymphaeales genera
  3. Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet

ABC News (Australia)

ABC News, also known as ABC News and Current Affairs and overseas as ABC Australia, is a public news service produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

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Aquarium

An aquarium (aquariums or aquaria) is a vivarium of any size having at least one transparent side in which aquatic plants or animals are kept and displayed.

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Aquatic plant

Aquatic plants are plants that have adapted to living in aquatic environments (saltwater or freshwater).

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Asa Gray

Asa Gray (November 18, 1810 – January 30, 1888) is considered the most important American botanist of the 19th century.

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Cabomba aquatica

Cabomba aquatica is a popular aquarium plant that belongs to the family Cabombaceae and genus Cabomba. Cabomba and Cabomba aquatica are freshwater plants.

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Cabomba caroliniana

Cabomba caroliniana, commonly known as Carolina fanwort and various other names, is an aquatic perennial herbaceous plant native to North and South America. Cabomba and Cabomba caroliniana are freshwater plants.

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Cabomba furcata

Cabomba furcata is a species of aquatic plant in the water shield family known by the common names red cabomba and forked fanwort. Cabomba and cabomba furcata are freshwater plants.

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Cabombaceae

The Cabombaceae are a family of aquatic, herbaceous flowering plants.

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Common name

In biology, a common name of a taxon or organism (also known as a vernacular name, English name, colloquial name, country name, popular name, or farmer's name) is a name that is based on the normal language of everyday life; and is often contrasted with the scientific name for the same organism, which is often based in Latin.

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Introduced species

An introduced species, alien species, exotic species, adventive species, immigrant species, foreign species, non-indigenous species, or non-native species is a species living outside its native distributional range, but which has arrived there by human activity, directly or indirectly, and either deliberately or accidentally.

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Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet

Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet (November 4, 1720 – May 6, 1778) was a French pharmacist, botanist and one of the earliest botanical explorers in South America.

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Josef August Schultes

Josef (Joseph) August Schultes (15 April 1773 in Vienna – 21 April 1831 in Landshut) was an Austrian botanist and professor from Vienna.

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Julius Hermann Schultes

Julius Hermann Schultes (4 February 1804 in Vienna – 1 September 1840 in Munich) was an Austrian botanist from Vienna.

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Nectar

Nectar is a viscous, sugar-rich liquid produced by plants in glands called nectaries, either within the flowers with which it attracts pollinating animals, or by extrafloral nectaries, which provide a nutrient source to animal mutualists, which in turn provide herbivore protection.

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Norman Carter Fassett

Norman Carter Fassett (March 27, 1900 – September 14, 1954) was an American botanist and professor, known as an expert on the aquatic flora of Wisconsin.

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Perianth

The perianth (perigonium, perigon or perigone in monocots) is the non-reproductive part of the flower, and structure that forms an envelope surrounding the sexual organs, consisting of the calyx (sepals) and the corolla (petals) or tepals when called a perigone.

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Pest (organism)

A pest is any organism harmful to humans or human concerns.

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Sepal

A sepal is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants).

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Sequential hermaphroditism

Sequential hermaphroditism (called dichogamy in botany) is one of the two types of hermaphroditism, the other type being simultaneous hermaphroditism.

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Whorl (botany)

In botany, a whorl or verticil is a whorled arrangement of leaves, sepals, petals, stamens, or carpels that radiate from a single point and surround or wrap around the stem or stalk.

See Cabomba and Whorl (botany)

See also

Nymphaeales genera

Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabomba

Also known as Fanwort.