Baldellia

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. The genus is named in honor of the Italian nobleman Bartolommeo Bartolini-Baldelli. Baldellia is very closely related to Echinodorus.

Species

GENUS

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderAlismatales
FamilyAlismataceae

Observations recorded46,854

Baldellia is een geslacht van planten uit de waterweegbreefamilie (Alismataceae). Het geslacht telt drie soorten die in grote delen van Europa en het Mediterrane gebied voorkomen, van Ierland en de Canarische Eilanden in het westen tot in Estland en Turkije in het oosten.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 6
With media: 5
Family: Alismataceae
Collections: MO, GH, COLO
Recorded in: Bolivia, Kazakhstan, United States, Ireland

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==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.

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