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Ottelia plantaginea

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Name

Identification
Ottelia plantaginea Welw. ex Rendle [family HYDROCHARITACEAE ] Ottelia ulvifolia (Planch.) Walp. [family HYDROCHARITACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Symoens,J.J.,
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  • Ottelia ulvifolia
  • Ottelia plantaginea

Flora

Entry for OTTELIA plantaginea Welw. ex Ridl. [family HYDROCHARITACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 7, page 1, (1898) Author: (By C. H. Wright.)
Names
OTTELIA plantaginea Welw. ex Ridl. [family HYDROCHARITACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxii. 238.
Information
Stem short, thick, with numerous rootlets at its base. Leaves ovate, crisped, 4 in. long, 2 1/2 in. wide; petiole 1 1/2 in. long. Scape 10 in. long, flaccid. Spathe saccate, 1 in. long, with very short wings and about 10 short, obtuse teeth. Flowers on short pedicels. Sepals lanceolate, obtuse, 4 lin. long, green, scarious at the margin. Petals 9 lin. long, yellow.
Distribution
Angola Lower Guinea Huilla, Welwitsch, 6469!

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