Baldellia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Alismatales

Familia: Alismataceae
Genus: Baldellia
Species: B. alpestris – B. ranunculoides – B. repens
Name

Baldellia Parl., 1854.

Type species: Baldellia ranunculoides (L.) Parl.

References

Parlatore, F., 1854: Nuovi Generi e Nuove Specie di Piante Monocotiledoni 57
Swedish Museum of Natural History, only in Swedish

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Baldellia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jul. 02. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Baldellia. Published online. Accessed: Jul. 02 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Baldellia in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jul. 02.
Tropicos.org 2018. Baldellia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jul. 02.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Baldellia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jul. 02. Reference page.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Baldellia. .

Vernacular names
suomi: Sarjasarpiot
svenska: Flocksvaltingar

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.[1][2] The genus is named in honor of the Italian nobleman Bartolomea Bartoloni-Baldelli.[3] 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 ecological conditions.
Species

Three species are recognized:[1]

Baldellia alpestris (Cosson) Vasc. - northwestern Spain and northern Portugal
Baldellia ranunculoides (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

"World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
"Baldellia ranunculoides [Mestolaccia minore]". luirig.altervista.org (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-01-26.
Genaust, Helmut (1976). Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen ISBN 3-7643-0755-2