Ceratophyllaceae S.F. Gray. Common name: Hornwort Family.
A peculiar and apparently very primitive family, of a single genus and about 6 species, aquatic herbs, of cosmopolitan distribution.
References: Les (1985); Les (1986); Les (1988a); Les (1988b); Les (1988c); Les (1989); Les (1993) In Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993); Les (1997) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (1997); Szalontai et al. (2018). Show full citations.
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