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 Bartolommeo Bartolini-Baldelli.[3][4] Baldellia is very closely related to Echinodorus.
| Baldellia | |
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| Baldellia ranunculoides | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Alismataceae |
| Genus: | Baldellia Parl. |
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Description
editLeaves 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
editThree species are recognized:[1]
- Baldellia alpestris (Cosson) Vasc. – northwestern Spain and northern Portugal
- Baldellia ranunculoides (L.) Parl.
- Baldellia repens (Lam.) Ooststr
References
edit- ^ a b "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
- ^ "Baldellia ranunculoides [Mestolaccia minore]". luirig.altervista.org (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-01-26.
- ^ Genaust, Helmut (1976). Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen ISBN 3-7643-0755-2
- ^ http://www.zelkova.ch/sites/default/files/Kozlowski_et_al_PPEES_2008.pdf Baldellia ranunculoides