2510.000 Brasenia Schreb.

Description of the genus

Aquatic herb with floating peltate leaves; without submerged dissected leaves. Sepals 3, purplish-brownish-red; petals similar but larger. Stamens 12-18. Carpels 6-18, free. Fruit leathery, 1-2-seeded.

Worldwide: 1 species in tropical America, Africa, India and temperate E Asia

DRC: 1 taxon.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
schreberi J.F. Gmel.		Description, Image

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Brasenia
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Brasenia
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Brasenia
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