Entry for BRASENIA peltata Pursh [family CABOMBACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 51, (1868) Author: (by Prof. Oliver).
Names
BRASENIA peltataPursh [family CABOMBACEAE], Fl. Bor. Am. ii. 389. —A. Gray, Gen. i. 39.
Hydropeltis purpureaMichx. [family CABOMBACEAE], DC. Prod. i. 112.
Information
Leaves usually broadly elliptical and rounded at each end, 2–3 1/2 in. long, 1 1/2–2 in. broad. Flowers axillary, 1/2–1 in. diam., pedunculate, purple.
Range
The only species of the genus, very widely distributed, occurring in N. America, and Australia.
