Limosella

Limosella is a genus of flowering plants known as mudworts. These are annual, largely aquatic plants, found in muddy areas worldwide. Its phylogeny and biogeography are inferred from molecular data.[2]

Limosella
Limosella aquatica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Tribe: Limoselleae
Genus: Limosella
L. (1753)
Species[1]

16; see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Danubiunculus Sailer (1845)
  • Mutafinia Raf. (1833)
  • Plantaginella Hill (1756)
  • Ygramela Raf. (1833)

Species

16 species are accepted.[1]

  • Limosella acaulis Sessé & Moc. - Owyhee mudwort
  • Limosella africana Glück
  • Limosella aquatica L. - water mudwort
  • Limosella australis R.Br. - Welsh mudwort
  • Limosella capensis Thunb.
  • Limosella curdieana F.Muell.
  • Limosella grandiflora Benth.
  • Limosella granitica W.R.Barker
  • Limosella inflata Hilliard & B.L.Burtt
  • Limosella longiflora Kuntze
  • Limosella macrantha R.E.Fr.
  • Limosella major Diels
  • Limosella pretoriensis Suess.
  • Limosella purpurea Charit.
  • Limosella tenella Quézel & Contandr.
  • Limosella vesiculosa Hilliard & B.L.Burtt

References

  1. Limosella L. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  2. Ito, Y., Nr. Tanaka, D.C. Albach, A.S. Barfod, B. Oxelman, A.M. Muasya (2016) Molecular phylogeny of the cosmopolitan aquatic plant genus Limosella (Scrophulariaceae) with a particular focus on the origin of the Australasian L. curdieana. Journal of Plant Research doi: 10.1007/s10265-016-0872-6
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