Vallisneria L.
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BD9943-FFBC-FF9C-CA09-FA44F7928C48 |
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Plazi |
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Vallisneria L. |
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9. Vallisneria L. View in CoL 1
Dioecious; stems short, stoloniferous. Leaves submerged, alternate, sessile, linear. Flowers pollinated at the water-surface. Spathes tubular; male spathes pedunculate or subsessile, many-flowered; female spathes long-pedunculate, 1 -flowered. Petals vestigial. Male flowers very small, breaking free and rising to the surface; stamens 2-3. Ovary sessile within the spathe, cylindrical; styles 3, 2-lobed, free.
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