Cabomba inermis

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Cabomba inermis
Temporal range: Selandian
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Order: Nymphaeales
Family: Cabombaceae
Genus: Cabomba
Species:
†C. inermis
Binomial name
†Cabomba inermis

Cabomba inermis is a controversial fossil species of aquatic plant in the family Cabombaceae. The fossil has also been attributed to several other genera.

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Description

The leaves are dissected. [3] [4] The fossil may also be interpreted as roots. [5]

Taxonomy

It was first published as Psilotum inermeNewb. by John Strong Newberry in 1868. [1] It was moved to the genus CabombaAubl. as Cabomba inermis(Newb.) Hollick by Arthur Hollick in 1899. [2] Alternatively, it was placed in the genus PsilotitesMünster as Psilotites inermis(Newb.) Schimp. by Wilhelm Philippe Schimper in 1874. [6] The fossils may also be interpreted as roots of the genus QuereuxiaKrysht., and may be assigned to the species Quereuxia angulata(NEWBERRY) Kryshtofovich. [5]

Etymology

The specific epithet inermis means unarmed. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 Psilotum inerme Newb. (n.d.). The International Fossil Plant Names Index (IFPNI). Retrieved February 19, 2025, from https://ifpni.org/species.htm?id=A1561CB8-86B7-4A85-A6A1-C4F1C41576BF
  2. 1 2 Cabomba inermis (Newb.) Hollick in Newb. (n.d.). The International Fossil Plant Names Index (IFPNI). Retrieved February 18, 2025, from https://ifpni.org/species.htm?id=E756C876-9AA1-44E0-BC16-97E187BFCABA
  3. ↑ Newberry, J. S. (1898). The later extinct floras of North America (Vol. 35). US Government Printing Office.
  4. ↑ Brown, R. W. (1962). Paleocene flora of the Rocky Mountains and great Plains (Vol. 375). p. 68. US Government Printing Office.
  5. 1 2 MANCHESTER, S. R. (2014). Revisions to Roland Brown's North American Paleocene flora. Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae, Series B-Historia Naturalis, 70.
  6. ↑ Psilotites inermis (Newb.) Schimp. (n.d.). The International Fossil Plant Names Index (IFPNI). Retrieved February 19, 2025, from https://ifpni.org/species.htm?id=EF177D39-DE73-C862-2F4C-C90A1E4E848A
  7. ↑ Government of Singapore. (n.d.-b). Flacourtia inermis Roxb. National Parks Flora Fauna Web. Retrieved February 19, 2025, from https://www.nparks.gov.sg/florafaunaweb/flora/2/9/2920
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