Baldellia
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| Baldellia ranunculoides | |
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Baldellia is a genus of aquatic plants commonly known as lesser water-plantains. It includes three species found across much of Europe and the Mediterranean from Ireland and the Canary Islands to Turkey and Estonia.[1][2] The genus is named in honor of the Italian nobleman Bartolomea Bartoloni-Baldelli.[3] Baldellia is very closely related to Echinodorus.
Description
Leaves aerial, elliptical to lanceolate or linear-lanceolate. Flowers hermaphrodite, in 1 - 3 whorls in umbels or racemes, or long-pedunculate in leaf-axils. Stamens 6. Carpels numerous, spirally arranged in a globose head, free, each with 1 ovule; styles apical. Fruitlets achenial, longitudinally 5-ribbed (3 dorsal ribs and 2 closely approximated ventral ribs), with a short, apical beak. 2n=16.
Variable in form according to ecological conditions.
Species
Three species are recognized:[1]
- Baldellia alpestris (Cosson) Vasc. - northwestern Spain and northern Portugal
- Baldellia ranunculoides (L.) Parl.
- Baldellia repens (Lam.) Ooststr
References
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, Mestolaccia ranunculoide, Baldellia ranunculoides
- ^ Genaust, Helmut (1976). Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen ISBN 3-7643-0755-2