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|accepted_name=Ottelia
|accepted_authority=Persoon
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Syn. Pl.
|place=1: 400. 1805
|year=1805
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|basionyms=
|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-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form"><b>Plants </b>annual or perennial, of fresh waters.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="rhizome presence;stolon presence"><b>Rhizomes </b>and stolons absent [present].</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem orientation;stem architecture;stem architecture;stem height or length or size"><b>Erect </b>stems rooted in substrate, unbranched, short.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf position;leaf location;leaf architecture"><b>Leaves </b>basal, submersed [floating], petiolate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade shape;base shape;apex shape">blade lanceolate to reniform [linear], base cuneate to cordate, apex rounded to acute;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="blade coloration">midvein without rows of lacunae along sides, blade uniform in color throughout;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="abaxial surface architecture or pubescence or relief">abaxial surface without prickles or aerenchyma, smooth;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="intravaginal squamule architecture or shape">intravaginal squamules entire.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="inflorescence architecture;inflorescence architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>scapose, long-pedunculate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="spathe architecture;spathe architecture">spathes winged or ribbed.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="flower reproduction;flower architecture;flower growth form or location;flower growth form or location"><b>Flowers </b>bisexual [unisexual, staminate and pistillate on different plants], sessile [staminate pedicellate], floating or occasionally opening under water;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="petal coloration;petal coloration">petals white to pink or light violet, often yellow at base;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="filament fusion">filaments distinct;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="">pollen in monads;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="ovary architecture or structure in adjective form">ovary 1-locular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="style quantity;style shape">styles 3–9, not 2-fid.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="fruit shape;fruit shape;fruit dehiscence"><b>Fruits </b>oblong, ridged, dehiscing irregularly.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="seed shape"><b>Seeds </b>fusiform, covered with hairs.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;South America;Asia;Africa;Australia
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Species 21 (1 in flora).</p>
|tables=
|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.
}}{{Treatment/Reference
|id=holmes1978a
|text=Holmes, W. C. 1978. Range extension for Ottelia alismoides (L.) Pers. (Hydrocharitaceae). Castanea 43: 193--194.
}}{{Treatment/Reference
|id=turner1980b
|text=Turner, C. E. 1980. Ottelia alismoides (L.) Pers. (Hydrocharitaceae) — U.S.A., California. Madroño 27: 177.
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name=Ottelia
|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
|special status=
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|genus=Ottelia
|abaxial surface architecture or pubescence or relief=smooth
|apex shape=rounded;acute
|base shape=cuneate;cordate
|blade coloration=uniform
|blade shape=lanceolate;reniform
|filament fusion=distinct
|flower architecture=sessile
|flower growth form or location=occasionally;floating
|flower reproduction=bisexual
|fruit dehiscence=dehiscing
|fruit shape=ridged;oblong
|inflorescence architecture=long-pedunculate;scapose
|intravaginal squamule architecture or shape=entire
|leaf architecture=petiolate
|leaf location=submersed
|leaf position=basal
|ovary architecture or structure in adjective form=1-locular
|petal coloration=yellow;white;pink or light violet
|rhizome presence=absent
|seed shape=fusiform
|spathe architecture=ribbed;winged
|stem architecture=unbranched;rooted
|stem height or length or size=short
|stem orientation=erect
|stolon presence=absent
|style quantity=3;9
|style shape=not 2-fid
|whole_organism duration=perennial;annual
|whole_organism growth form=plant
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