Hydrocharitaceae

Ottelia Pers.

First published in Syn. Pl. 1: 400 (1805)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & S. Africa to Russian Far East and Australia, Brazil to NE. Argentina.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Argentina Northeast, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Manchuria, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Paraguay, Philippines, Primorye, Queensland, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., Somalia, South Australia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Victoria, Vietnam, Western Australia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

California, Egypt, Iraq, Italy, Louisiana, New Caledonia, New Zealand North, New Zealand South

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 7: 6.
  • Syn. Pl. 1: 400 (1805)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Cook, Symoens & Urmi-König in Aquatic Bot. 8: 263–274 (1984).
  • Pers., Syn. Pl. : 400 (1805).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Cook, Symoens & Urmi-König in Aquat. Bot. 18: 263 (1984)
  • Hepper in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 3: 7 (1968)
  • Syn. Pl. 1: 400 (1805)
  • Wright in F.T.A. 7: 6 (1897)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1932 Schweinfurth, G. [2423] Sudan K001092846 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1932 Schweinfurth, G. [1254] Sudan K001092845 Type Yes
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [2194] Tanzania K:SPC-32865.000 No
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [2668] Botswana K001600736 Yes
Baum, H. [962] Angola K000346021 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jeffrey, C. [195] Gabon K:SPC-23243.000 No
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [2269] Tanzania K:SPC-26332.006 No
Scott, L. [s.n.] K000346020 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Plants and People Africa

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/
    • © Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/