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Cabomba

Cabomba sp.
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Cabomba sp.
Flower and highly dissected and submerged leaves

Cabomba caroliniana
Flower with three pistils and six stamens
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Cabomba aquatica
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Cabomba sp.
Highly dissected and opposite leaves
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Cabomba sp. heterophylly illustrating entire blades in floating or aerial leaves, and highly dissected submerged leaves (Wanke 2011) under the control of abscissic and giberellic acid as well as the elevated ethylene concentration in submerged plant tissue.

Wanke, D. 2011. The ABA-mediated switch between submersed and emersed life-styles in aquatic macrophytes. Journal of Plant Research 124(4):467-475.

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