Baldellia

Baldellia
Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Alismatales
Family: Alismataceae
Genus: Baldellia
Parl.

Baldellia is a genus of aquatic plants commonly known as lesser water-plantains. Baldellia is very close to Echinodorus botanically and may be included in that genus after further investigations.

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 ecological conditions.

Species

  • Baldellia ranunculoides (L.) Parl.
  • Baldellia alpestris (Cosson) Vasc.