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Baldellia Repens
''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.Genaust, Helmut (1976). ''Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen'' http://www.zelkova.ch/sites/default/files/Kozlowski_et_al_PPEES_2008.pdf Baldellia ranunculoides ''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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baldellia Ranunculoides
''Baldellia ranunculoides'', the lesser water-plantain, is a species of flowering plant in the family Alismataceae. Synonyms Alisma ranunculoides, Echinodorus ranunculoides, Sagittaria ranunculodes Description ''Baldellia ranunculoides'' is an aquatic plant which produced erect flowering stems that rise up to above the water surface. Each flower stalk bears one or two umbels of up to five flowers each, and often only a single flower. Each flower is in diameter, and has three petals. When not in flower, ''B. ranunculoides'' can be mistaken for lesser spearwort, ''Ranunculus flammula ''Ranunculus flammula'', the lesser spearwort, greater creeping spearwort or banewort, is a species of perennial herbaceous plants in the genus ''Ranunculus'' (buttercup), growing in damp places throughout the Boreal Kingdom. It flowers June/Jul ...'', which grows in similar locations. Distribution ''Baldellia ranunculoides'' is found along the Atlantic and Baltic coast of western and n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |