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Cabomba pitonii

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Cabomba pitonii is an extinct species of aquatic plant in the family Cabombaceae known from Menat, Puy-de-Dôme, France.

Clade:Tracheophytes
Clade:Angiosperms
Order:Nymphaeales
Family:Cabombaceae
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Cabomba pitonii
Temporal range: Selandian [1]
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Order: Nymphaeales
Family: Cabombaceae
Genus: Cabomba
Species:
†C. pitonii
Binomial name
†Cabomba pitonii
Laurent & Marty
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Description

The species had submerged leaves.[2][3]

Taxonomy

The species was described by Louis Laurent [fr] and Pierre Marty [fr] in 1940. The original spelling was Cabomba pitoni. The type specimen was collected in Menat, Puy-de-Dôme, France.[1] It has been dated either to the Eocene,[3][2] or to the Paleocene (Selandian).[1]

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