Taxon: Ottelia alismoides (L.) Pers.

• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

A declared noxious weed by USDA-APHIS.

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

AL*, MA*, NCª, OKª, SCª, TXª.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Common names:

• duck-lettuce   (Source: USDA/APHIS ) – English
  
• water-plantain ottelia   (Source: Weed CIBA ) – English
  
• ottelia   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Weed   (fide Weed CIBA)
  

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View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia - Northern Territory, Queensland
• PACIFIC
  Southwestern Pacific: Solomon Islands

• naturalized elsewhere

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
• Plant Protection and Quarantine Office. United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Federal noxious weed list (on-line resource).
• Saldanha, C. J. & D. H. Nicolson. 1976. Flora of Hassan district.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Ottelia alismoides.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Ottelia alismoides.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Ottelia alismoides.

Check other web resources for Ottelia alismoides (L.) Pers.:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Disseminule drawings: U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Embryo drawing: U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing

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• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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