Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants
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70.000 Alisma - Water-plantains
Description of the genus
Leaves erect. Inflorescence compound, pyramidal; flowers and branches in whorls of 4 or more, each whorl subtended by 3 bracts and several smaller bracteoles. Flowers bisexual. Sepals 3, appressed in fruit. Petals 3, longer than the sepals. Stamens 6. Carpels many, free. Achenes many, in a whorl, flattened laterally, ridged abaxially. Derivation of name: an ancient Greek name for water-plantain. Worldwide: 9 species in northern temperate zones and Australia. Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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Links to cultivated taxa View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
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| plantago-aquatica L. | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Alisma:
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Flora of Botswana: AlismaFlora of Burundi: Alisma
Flora of Zambia: Alisma
Flora of Zimbabwe: Alisma
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): AlismaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Alisma
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Alisma
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Alisma
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Alisma
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Alisma
JSTOR Plant Science: Alisma
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Alisma
Plants of the World Online: Alisma
Tropicos: Alisma
Wikipedia: Alisma
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