Caldesia parnassifolia

Caldesia parnassifolia, is an aquatic species in the Alismataceae. It is found in slow-moving fresh water.

Caldesia parnassifolia
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Alismatales
Family:	Alismataceae
Genus:	Caldesia
Species:	C. parnassifolia
Binomial name
Caldesia parnassifolia (L.) Parl.
Synonyms[2]
Alisma calyophyllum Wall. Alisma damasonium Willd. Alisma dubium Willd. Alisma parnassifolium Bassi Alisma reniforme D.Don Caldesia parnassifolia subsp. euparnassiifolia Asch. & Graebn. Caldesia parnassifolia var. major (Micheli) Buchenau Caldesia reniformis (D.Don) Makino Echinodorus parnassifolius (Bassi) Engelm.

Distribution and habitat

Caldesia parnassifolia occurs in lakes and ponds. It is known from Asian fresh waters of across much of Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia, from France to the Russian Far East and south to Botswana, Madagascar and Queensland.^[3][4][5][6] It is now extinct in Austria, Bulgaria and Switzerland.^[2]

The leaves of Caldesia parnassifolia (Alisma reniforme) can be affected by the water-born fungi, Doassansiopsis martianoffiana.^[7]