Zannichelliaceae

Dumortier
Common names: Horned- pondweed Family
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 22. Treatment on page 84.

Herbs, annual [perennial], not rhizomatous, caulescent; turions absent. Leaves alternate, opposite, or pseudowhorled, often all on same plant, submersed, sessile; sheath not persisting longer than blade, not leaving circular scar when shed, ligulate, not auriculate; blade linear; intravaginal squamules scales, 2. Inflorescences axillary, cymes, without subtending spathe, sessile. Flowers uniasexual, staminate and pistillate flowers on same plant; subtending bracts absent; perianth absent. Staminate flowers: stamens 1; anther dehiscing longitudinally; pollen globose. Pistillate flowers: pistils (1–) 4–5 (–8), distinct, short-stipitate; ovules pendulous, anatropous. Fruits drupaceous. Seeds 1; embryo curved.

Discussion

Genera 4, species 10–12 (1 genus, 1 species in the flora).

Lower Taxa