Family · Other eudicots
Ceratophyllaceae
Hornworts (coontail)
Rootless submerged aquatics with whorls of finely forked leaves; common pond and aquarium oxygenators.
- Accepted species
- 6accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genus
- 1accepted genus · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈32 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Europemost native species · WGSRPD
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Plants you might know
- Ceratophyllum demersum (rigid hornwort)
- Ceratophyllum submersum
Where it grows
- Europe4
- Asia-Temperate4
- Northern America3
- Africa3
- Asia-Tropical3
- Southern America2
- Pacific2
- Australasia1
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.