Ottelia acuminata

Species of flowering plant

Ottelia acuminata

Ottelia acuminata served as food in Dali, China
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Monocots
Order:  | Alismatales
Family:  | Hydrocharitaceae
Genus:  | Ottelia
Species:  |

O. acuminata

Binomial name
Ottelia acuminata

(Gagnep.) Dandy

Ottelia acuminata, is a plant species endemic to Southern China.[1][2]

## Description

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The whole plant is underwater, except for the showy three-petaled flowers with lobes.

Varieties[1]

1. Ottelia acuminata var. acuminata \- Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Sichuan, Yunnan.
2. Ottelia acuminata var. crispa (Hand.-Mazz.) H. Li - Yunnan (Lugu Hu).
3. Ottelia acuminata var. jingxiensis H. Q. Wang & S. C. Sun - Guangxi (Jingxi).
4. Ottelia acuminata var. lunanensis H. Li - Yunnan (Lugu Hu).

## References

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1. ^ a b Wang, Q.F., Guo, Y.H., Haynes, R.R., Hellquist, C.B., 2010. Hydrocharitaceae. In: Wu, Z.Y., Peter, H.R. (Eds.) Flora of China. Volume 23. Science Press and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing and St. Louis, 91–102.
2. ^ Cook, C.D.K., Urmi-Konig, K., 1984. A revision of the genus Ottelia (Hydrocharitaceae). 2. The species of Eurasia, Australasia and America. Aquat. Bot. 20, 131–177.

Taxon identifiers

Ottelia acuminata|

* Wikidata: Q11151268
* Wikispecies: Ottelia acuminata
* BOLD: 426081
* CoL: 4B87D
* EoL: 1088977
* FNA: 242334982
* FoC: 242334982
* GBIF: 5329551
* iNaturalist: 850558
* IPNI: 431848-1
* NCBI: 319739
* Open Tree of Life: 865276
* Plant List: kew-308354
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:431848-1
* Tropicos: 16100137
* WFO: wfo-0000769601

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