Ottelia

Ottelia
Ottelia alismoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Hydrocharitaceae
Subfamily: Anacharioideae
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] The genus is native to tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, South America, and Australia.[4][5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference r was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Persoon, Christiaan Hendrik. 1805. Synopsis plantarum,seu Enchiridium botanicum, complectens enumerationem systematicam specierum hucusque cognitarum 1: 400 in Latin
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ "Ottelia Pers". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  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