3134.000 Aldrovanda L.

Description of the genus

Submerged floating aquatic plant, without roots. Stems simple or branched. Leaves in whorls, the lamina articulate, reduced in the flowering whorl. Flowers solitary, axillary, emergent. Sepals and petals 5. Stamens 5. Ovary 5-carpellary; styles 5, free, digitately branched at the apex; ovules on 5 parietal placentas. Capsules with 5 valves; seeds 6–8, ovoid, black.

Worldwide: Species 1, cosmopolitan.

Botswana: 1 taxon.

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vesiculosa L. N

Other sources of information about Aldrovanda:

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Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Aldrovanda
Flora of Zambia: Aldrovanda

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Aldrovanda
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Aldrovanda
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Aldrovanda
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Aldrovanda
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iNaturalist: Aldrovanda
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Aldrovanda
JSTOR Plant Science: Aldrovanda
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Aldrovanda
Plants of the World Online: Aldrovanda
Tropicos: Aldrovanda
Wikipedia: Aldrovanda

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Botswana: Genus page: Aldrovanda.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1947, retrieved 28 March 2024

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