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Ottelia
Ottelia alismoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Monocots
Order:
Alismatales
Family:
Hydrocharitaceae
Genus:
Ottelia

Pers. 1805 not R.Hedw. 1806
Synonyms[1]
  • Damasonium Schreb. 1789, illegitimate homonym, not Mill. 1754 (Hydrocharitaceae) nor Adans. 1789 (syn of Limnocharis in Alismataceae)
  • Hymenotheca Salisb.
  • Boottia Wall.
  • Oligolobos Gagnep.
  • Xystrolobos Gagnep.
  • Beneditaea Toledo

Ottelia is a genus of an aquatic plant family Hydrocharitaceae described as a genus in 1805.[2][3][4] The genus is native to tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, South America, and Australia.[1][5]

Species[1]
2
  • Flower of Ottelia alismoides
    Flower of Ottelia alismoides

References

  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Persoon, Christiaan Hendrik. 1805. Synopsis plantarum,seu Enchiridium botanicum, complectens enumerationem systematicam specierum hucusque cognitarum 1: 400 in Latin
  3. ^ Tropicos, Ottelia Pers.
  4. ^ Cook, C.D.K., Symoens, J.-J. Urmi- Konig, K. (1984) A revision of the genus Ottelia (Hydrocharitaceae). 1. Generic considerations Aquatic Botany 18: 263-274
  5. ^ Cook, C.D.K. and Urmi- Konig, K. (1984) A revision of the genus Ottelia (Hydrocharitaceae). 2. The species of Eurasia, Australasia and America Aquatic Botany 20: 131–177


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