Baldellia ranunculoides, the lesser water-plantain,[3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Alismataceae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Alismataceae |
| Genus: | Baldellia |
| Species: | B. ranunculoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Baldellia ranunculoides | |
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Synonyms
editAlisma ranunculoides, Echinodorus ranunculoides, Sagittaria ranunculodes
Description
editBaldellia ranunculoides is an aquatic plant which produced erect flowering stems that rise up to 10 centimetres (4 in) above the water surface.[4] Each flower stalk bears one or two umbels of up to five flowers each, and often only a single flower. Each flower is 10–15 millimetres (0.4–0.6 in) in diameter, and has three petals.[4] When not in flower, B. ranunculoides can be mistaken for lesser spearwort, Ranunculus flammula, which grows in similar locations.[4]
Distribution
editBaldellia ranunculoides is found along the Atlantic and Baltic coast of western and northern Europe, and along the Mediterranean coasts of southern Europe, Turkey and North Africa.[5][6][7] Recently found in eastern Newfoundland, Bristol's Hope barachois, Avalon Peninsula, the only location in North America. May have been introduced by a float (Sarracenia magazine, Newfoundland and Labrador Wildflower Society.
References
edit- ^ Lansdown, R.V. (2014). "Baldellia ranunculoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T164327A42332261. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T164327A42332261.en. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ "Flocksvalting, Baldellia ranunculoides (L.) Parl". Den virtuella floran. Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet. March 5, 1999. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
- ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ a b c Carl Farmer (2003). "Lesser water-plantain, Baldellia ranunculoides". West Highland Flora. Archived from the original on June 2, 2013. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
- ^ "Lesser water-plantain (Baldellia ranunculoides)". ARKive. Archived from the original on 2013-12-04. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ "Baldellia ranunculoides [Mestolaccia minore]". luirig.altervista.org (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-01-26.
External links
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Media related to Baldellia ranunculoides at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Baldellia ranunculoides at Wikispecies
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