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    Caldesia parnassifolia  (L.) PARL.    
 

Fam.: Alismataceae / Water Plantain Fam.  

Genus:  Caldesia  PARL.
 

Authors:
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
   PARL.:  Filippo Parlatore (1816 - 1877), Italian botanist from Sicily
 

Etymology:
   Caldesia:   Ludovico Caldesi (1821 - 1884), Italian botanist
   parnassifolia:   grass-of-parnassus-leaved
 

Caldesia parnassifolia has only one natural site in Germany in a pond of the Charlottenhofer Weihergebiet in Upper Palatinate(Bavaria). Also in surrounding countries only few sites are left. My photos were taken in the Botanical Garden of the University of Regensburg, but too late in the year when flower was almost over.

 

Caldesia parnassifolia / Caldesia, D Botan. Gar.  Universit.  Regensburg 5.8.2011
Fig. 1:  Caldesia parnassifolia / Caldesia
D Botan. Gar. Universit. Regensburg 5.8.2011
Caldesia parnassifolia / Caldesia, D Botan. Gar.  Universit.  Regensburg 5.8.2011
Fig. 2:  Caldesia parnassifolia / Caldesia
D Botan. Gar. Universit. Regensburg 5.8.2011
Caldesia parnassifolia / Caldesia, D Botan. Gar.  Universit.  Regensburg 5.8.2011
Fig. 3:  Caldesia parnassifolia / Caldesia
D Botan. Gar. Universit. Regensburg 5.8.2011
Caldesia parnassifolia / Caldesia, D Botan. Gar.  Universit.  Regensburg 5.8.2011
Fig. 4:  Caldesia parnassifolia / Caldesia
D Botan. Gar. Universit. Regensburg 5.8.2011
Caldesia parnassifolia / Caldesia, D Botan. Gar.  Universit.  Regensburg 5.8.2011
Fig. 5:  Caldesia parnassifolia / Caldesia
D Botan. Gar. Universit. Regensburg 5.8.2011
Caldesia parnassifolia / Caldesia, D Botan. Gar.  Universit.  Regensburg 5.8.2011
Fig. 6:  Caldesia parnassifolia / Caldesia
D Botan. Gar. Universit. Regensburg 5.8.2011
Caldesia parnassifolia / Caldesia, D Botan. Gar.  Universit.  Regensburg 5.8.2011
Fig. 7:  Caldesia parnassifolia / Caldesia
D Botan. Gar. Universit. Regensburg 5.8.2011
Caldesia parnassifolia / Caldesia, D Botan. Gar.  Universit.  Regensburg 5.8.2011
Fig. 8:  Caldesia parnassifolia / Caldesia
D Botan. Gar. Universit. Regensburg 5.8.2011

 


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