95.000 Ottelia Pers.

Symoens, J.J. (2009) Hydrocharitaceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(2)

Description of the genus

Submerged or floating-leaved bisexual (in ours), dioecious or monoecious herbs. Leaves radical. Flowers from a persistent leathery spathe. Sepals 3; petals 3. Fruit a fleshy capsule.

Worldwide: 21 species in tropical and warm regions, mainly in the Old World.

Zambia: 9 taxa.

Ottelia ulvifolia

Links to taxa:     View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
cylindrica (T.C.E. Fr.) Dandy N
exserta (Ridl.) DandyC,EDescription, Image
fischeri (Gürke) DandyCDescription, Image
kunenensis (Gürke) Dandy B,C,S
lisowskii Symoens W
luapulana Symoens N
muricata (C.H. Wright) DandyB,N,SDescription, Image
ulvifolia (Planch.) Walp.B,N,W,E,SDescription, Image
verdickii Gürke N,CImage

Other sources of information about Ottelia:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Ottelia
Flora of Burundi: Ottelia
Flora of Caprivi: Ottelia
Flora of the DRC: Ottelia
Flora of Malawi: Ottelia
Flora of Mozambique: Ottelia
Flora of Rwanda: Ottelia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Ottelia

External websites:

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

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-25

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2025). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Ottelia.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=111, retrieved 2 April 2025

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