Characteristics
Monocots
Helanthium tenellum (Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.)Britton ex J.G.Sm.
DWARF BURRHEAD; MUDBABIES
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Though often placed in Echinodorus, this species is now typically placed in Helanthium (Chen et al. 2012; Ross et al. 2015; Trias-Blasi et al. 2015; Lehtonen 2017).
Native
OBL (NWPL)
OBL (DEP)
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Classification
ALISMATALES
Helanthium tenellum (Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.)Britton ex J.G.Sm. - DWARF BURRHEAD; MUDBABIES
Citation
HELANTHIUM TENELLUM (Martius ex Schultes & Schultes f.) Britton ex J. G. Smith, in Britton, Man. Fl. N. States, ed. 2. 54. 1905.
Alisma tenellum Martius ex Schultes & Schultes f. 1830.
BRAZIL: Minae Gerais: Buritihaes, Contendas, s.d., Martius s.n. (lectotype: M). Lectotypified by Rataj, Revis. Echinodorus ___. 1975.
Species Distribution Map
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Specimens and Distribution
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