Cabomba furcataSchult. & Schult.f.

forked fanwort

WFO wfo-0000705570 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 5 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 5 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Cabomba furcata, photographed by Navaneeth Sini George
fig. a Navaneeth Sini George, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-01-02 / obs. 175494171
Cabomba furcata, photographed by Diogo Luiz
fig. b Diogo Luiz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 45686704
Cabomba furcata, photographed by bernhard_hiller
fig. c bernhard_hiller, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 31963728
Cabomba furcata, photographed by bernhard_hiller
fig. d bernhard_hiller, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 31963672
Cabomba furcata, photographed by Paulo Nogueira
fig. e Paulo Nogueira, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 156982350
Cabomba furcata, photographed by Paulo Nogueira
fig. f Paulo Nogueira, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 156932017
Cabomba furcata, photographed by Paulo Nogueira
fig. g Paulo Nogueira, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 156982391
Cabomba furcata, photographed by Paulo Nogueira
fig. h Paulo Nogueira, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 156931987

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Native range 16 botanical countries

Regions where Cabomba furcata is native: Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Guyana, Honduras, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela BoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaCosta RicaCubaEcuadorGuyanaHondurasPanamáPeruSurinameTrinidad-TobagoVenezuela
Native distribution of Cabomba furcata, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Bolivia BOL SOUTHERN AMERICA
Brazil North BZN
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Cuba CUB
Ecuador ECU
Guyana GUY
Honduras HON
Panamá PAN
Peru PER
Suriname SUR
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Venezuela VEN

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 5 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Cabomba piauhiensis Gardner
  • Cabomba pubescens Ule
  • Cabomba warmingii Casp.
  • Nectris furcata Leandro ex Schult. & Schult.f.
  • Nectris furcata (Schult. & Schult.f.) Leandro ex Steud.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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