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Ceratophyllaceae

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Ceratophyllaceae [‚ser·ə·tō·fə′lās·ē‚ē]
(botany)
A family of rootless, free-floating dicotyledons in the order Nymphaeales characterized by unisexual flowers and whorled, cleft leaves with slender segments.
Ceratophyllaceae 

a family of monoecious dicotyledonous plants containing the single genus Ceratophyllum. The plants are rootless perennial aquatic grasses with whorls of forked, dissected, sessile leaves. The tiny flowers are unisexual, solitary, and axillary. The calycine perianth consists of eight to 12 sections joined at the base. The fruit is a nut with a persistent thorny stem. Pollination occurs underwater.
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f AY095469 Ceratophyllaceae Ceratophyllum demersum L.
The systematic position of the monocotyledons inferred from 26S RNA ... by Neyland, Ray / Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science
Ceratophyllaceae Gray (Hornwort Family) Ceratophyllum demersum L.
The history and aquatic flora of Silver Lake, Porter County, Indiana, ... by Scribailo, Robin W. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
Class Dicotyledonaceae Order Ranunculales Family Ceratophyllaceae Ceratophyllum demersum: (Figs.
An illustrated catalogue of macroscopic subfossils from ... by Swinehart, Anthony L. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
 
 
 
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