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|accepted_name=Ottelia
|accepted_authority=Persoon
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|title=Syn. Pl.
|place=1: 400. 1805
|year=1805
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|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Hydrocharitaceae;Ottelia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Hydrocharitaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Ottelia]]</div></div>
|etymology=Malay am ottelambel, apparently from otta, to stick to, in reference to thin leaves that stick to body, and am bel, nymphaea
|volume=Volume 22
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>annual or perennial, of fresh waters. <b>Rhizomes</b> and stolons absent [present]. <b>Erect</b> stems rooted in substrate, unbranched, short. <b>Leaves</b> basal, submersed [floating], petiolate; blade lanceolate to reniform [linear], base cuneate to cordate, apex rounded to acute; midvein without rows of lacunae along sides, blade uniform in color throughout; abaxial surface without prickles or aerenchyma, smooth; intravaginal squamules entire. <b>Inflorescences</b> scapose, long-pedunculate; spathes winged or ribbed. <b>Flowers</b> bisexual [unisexual, staminate and pistillate on different plants], sessile [staminate pedicellate], floating or occasionally opening under water; petals white to pink or light violet, often yellow at base; filaments distinct; pollen in monads; ovary 1-locular; styles 3–9, not 2-fid. <b>Fruits</b> oblong, ridged, dehiscing irregularly. <b>Seeds</b> fusiform, covered with hairs.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;South America;Asia;Africa;Australia.
|discussion=<p>Species 21 (1 in flora).</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=cook1984a
|text=Cook, C. D. K., J.-J. Symoens, and K. Urmi-König. 1984. A revision of the genus Ottelia (Hydrocharitaceae). I1. Generic considerations. Aquatic Bot. 18: 263--274.
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|id=cook1984b
|text=Cook, C. D. K. and K. Urmi-König. 1984. A revision of the genus Ottelia (Hydrocharitaceae). 2. The species of Eurasia, Australasia, and America. Aquatic Bot. 20: 131--177.
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|id=holmes1978a
|text=Holmes, W. C. 1978. Range extension for Ottelia alismoides (L.) Pers. (Hydrocharitaceae). Castanea 43: 193--194.
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|id=turner1980b
|text=Turner, C. E. 1980. Ottelia alismoides (L.) Pers. (Hydrocharitaceae) — U.S.A., California. Madroño 27: 177.
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|authority=Persoon
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Hydrocharitaceae
|distribution=North America;South America;Asia;Africa;Australia.
|introduced=true
|reference=cook1984a;cook1984b;holmes1978a;turner1980b
|publication title=Syn. Pl.
|publication year=1805
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