''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
The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Morocc ...
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
''Echinodorus'', commonly known as burhead or Amazon sword, is a genus of plants in the family Alismataceae, native to the Western Hemisphere from the central United States to Argentina. Its scientific name is derived from Ancient Greek ' – " ...
''.
Description
Leaves
A leaf (plural, : leaves) is any of the principal appendages of a vascular plant plant stem, stem, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", wh ...
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
Gynoecium (; ) is most commonly used as a collective term for the parts of a flower that produce ovules and ultimately develop into the fruit and seeds. The gynoecium is the innermost whorl of a flower; it consists of (one or more) ''pistils'' ...
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:
* ''
Baldellia alpestris''
(Cosson) Vasc. – northwestern
Spain and northern
Portugal
* ''
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 ...
''
(L.) Parl.
**''Baldellia ranunculoides ''var'' ranunculoides'' – from the
Azores and
Ireland to
Turkey and
Estonia
**''Baldellia ranunculoides ''var''. tangerina''
(Pau) J.Rocha –
Spain,
Portugal,
Morocco
* ''
Baldellia repens''
(Lam.) Ooststr
**''Baldellia repens ''subsp''. baetica''
Talavera & Casimiro-Soriguer – southwestern
Spain
**''Baldellia repens ''subsp''. cavanillesii''
(Molina Abril, A.Galán, J.M.Pizarro & Sard.Rosc.) Talavera –
Spain,
Portugal,
France,
Belgium,
Netherlands
**''Baldellia repens ''subsp''. repens'' –
Canaries,
Spain,
Portugal,
Algeria
References
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Alismataceae
Alismataceae genera
Freshwater plants