Alismataceae
Bolivian burhead
Helanthium bolivianum
- Family
- Alismataceae
- Genus
- Helanthium
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 玻利维亚匍茎慈姑, 细叶皇冠
- English
- Bolivian burhead
- German
- Schmalblättrige Schwertpflanze, Zwerg-Schwertpflanze
- Russian
- Гелантиум боливийский, Эхинодорус узколистный
Synonyms
- Alisma bolivianum Rusby
- Alisma tenellum f. latifolium Seub.
- Echinodorus angustifolius Rataj
- Echinodorus australis Rataj
- Echinodorus austroamericanus Rataj
- Echinodorus bolivianus (Rusby) Holm-Niels.
- Echinodorus isthmicus Fassett
- Echinodorus latifolius (Seub.) Rataj
- Echinodorus magdalenensis Fassett
- Echinodorus quadricostatus Fassett
- Echinodorus quadricostatus var. magdalenensis (Fassett) Rataj
- Echinodorus quadricostatus var. xinguensis Rataj
- Echinodorus tenellus f. apanecae Fassett
- Echinodorus tenellus var. latifolius (Seub.) Fassett
- Echinodorus xinguensis (Rataj) Rataj
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Edson Luis Fabro Gasperin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andrés Ramírez-Barrera, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andrés Ramírez-Barrera, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tommy Kronkvist, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jhonatan Matheus, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hugo Hulsberg, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.