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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Baldellia''
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Alismatales]]
| familia = [[Alismataceae]]
| genus = '''''Baldellia'''''
| genus_authority = [[Filippo Parlatore|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.
[[Category:Alismatales]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Baldellia''
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Alismatales]]
| familia = [[Alismataceae]]
| genus = '''''Baldellia'''''
| genus_authority = [[Filippo Parlatore|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.
[[Category:Alismatales]]
