Ceratophyllum demersum

TaxID: 4428

Basic Information

Ceratophyllum demersum

Common Hornwort, Coontail, hornwort

Ceratophyllum demersum, commonly known as hornwort (a common name shared with the unrelated Anthocerotophyta), rigid hornwort, coontail, or coon's tail, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Ceratophyllum. It is a submerged, free-floating aquatic plant, with a cosmopolitan distribution, native to all continents except Antarctica. It is a harmful weed introduced in New Zealand. It is also a popular aquarium plant. Its genome has been sequenced to study angiosperm evolution.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Ceratophyllales

Ceratophyllaceae

Ceratophyllum

demersum

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Ceratophyllum demersum
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(c) chiuluan@BY
Ceratophyllum demersum
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(c) Christian Fischer@BY-SA
Ceratophyllum demersum
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(c) chiuluan@BY
Ceratophyllum demersum
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(c) Vitalii Kolomiichuk@BY-NC
Ceratophyllum demersum
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(c) jmneiva@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (2 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Jordan A2 list 2013
Sri Lanka Quarantine pests —

Distribution (132 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

132
Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Angola Present —
Albania Present —
Algeria Present —
Argentina Present —
Armenia Present —
Australia Present —
Austria Present —
Azerbaijan Present —
Burundi Present —
Belgium Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR35525946 Young shoots Mature plants - 22349573 not provided
SRR35525935 Young shoots Mature plants - 25905117 not provided
SRR35525932 Young shoots Mature plants - 22167799 not provided

DNA Barcodes (51 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
VPSBC746-13 - rbcLa 552 Canada 2008-08-05 49.238, -122.969
SDH3373-15 - rbcLa 552 United States 2005-10-07 33.16917, -117.35667
SDH072-14 - ITS2 379 United States 1980-07-04 32.774, -116.578
POWNA1743-12 - rbcL 542 United Kingdom 2003-07-18 51.5405, -2.918447
POWNA164-10 - rbcL 542 United Kingdom 2004-05-12 51.66813, -4.1209
POWNA1296-12 - rbcL 542 United Kingdom 2000-09-03 51.469116, -3.160321
NNOR793-13 - rbcLa 552 Norway 1983-07-16 65.567, 12.3
NNOR792-13 - rbcLa 552 Norway 1983-07-18 65.548, 12.281
NNOR791-13 - rbcLa 552 Norway 1983-07-16 65.567, 12.3
NLFLM3845-16 - matK 846 Netherlands 2013-07-17 52.108, 4.375
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Literature