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Baldellia ranunculoides

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Lesser water-plantain
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Alismataceae
Genus: Baldellia
Species:
B. ranunculoides
Binomial name
Baldellia ranunculoides
Synonyms [2]
  • Alisma ranunculoides L.
  • Echinodorus ranunculoides (L.) Engelm. ex Asch.

Baldellia ranunculoides, the lesser water-plantain,[3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Alismataceae.

Synonyms

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Alisma ranunculoides, Echinodorus ranunculoides, Sagittaria ranunculodes

Description

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Baldellia ranunculoides is an aquatic plant which produced erect flowering stems that rise up to 10 centimetres (4 in) above the water surface.[4] Each flower stalk bears one or two umbels of up to five flowers each, and often only a single flower. Each flower is 10–15 millimetres (0.4–0.6 in) in diameter, and has three petals.[4] When not in flower, B. ranunculoides can be mistaken for lesser spearwort, Ranunculus flammula, which grows in similar locations.[4]

Distribution

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Baldellia ranunculoides is found along the Atlantic and Baltic coast of western and northern Europe, and along the Mediterranean coasts of southern Europe, Turkey and North Africa.[5][6][7] Recently found in eastern Newfoundland, Bristol's Hope barachois, Avalon Peninsula, the only location in North America. May have been introduced by a float (Sarracenia magazine, Newfoundland and Labrador Wildflower Society.

References

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  1. ^ Lansdown, R.V. (2014). "Baldellia ranunculoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T164327A42332261. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T164327A42332261.en. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Flocksvalting, Baldellia ranunculoides (L.) Parl". Den virtuella floran. Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet. March 5, 1999. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  3. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  4. ^ a b c Carl Farmer (2003). "Lesser water-plantain, Baldellia ranunculoides". West Highland Flora. Archived from the original on June 2, 2013. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  5. ^ "Lesser water-plantain (Baldellia ranunculoides)". ARKive. Archived from the original on 2013-12-04. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  6. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  7. ^ "Baldellia ranunculoides [Mestolaccia minore]". luirig.altervista.org (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-01-26.
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