Limosella

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
	16; see text
Synonyms
	Danubiunculus Sailer (1845); Mutafinia Raf. (1833); Plantaginella Hill (1756); Ygramela Raf. (1833);

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]

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

^ ^a ^b ^c Limosella L. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
^ 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

External links

Jepson Manual Treatment

[powo-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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