Zeylanidium
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Podostemaceae |
| Subfamily: | Podostemoideae |
| Genus: | Zeylanidium (Tul.) Engl.[1] |
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Zeylanidium are a genus of flowering plants in the riverweed family Podostemaceae, native to Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar and Thailand. They have caducous leaves and either crustose or ribbon‑shaped thalli.[2]
Species
[edit]Currently accepted species include:
- Zeylanidium barberi (Willis) C.Cusset → Possibly Podostemum barberi Willis[2]
- Zeylanidium crustaceum M.Kato
- Zeylanidium johnsonii (Wight) Engl. (doubtful)[2]
- Zeylanidium lichenoides (Kurz) Engl.
- Zeylanidium maheshwarii C.J.Mathew & Satheesh
- Zeylanidium manasiae R.Krishnan, P.Khanduri & R.Tandon[2]
- Zeylanidium olivaceum (Gardner) Engl.
- Zeylanidium sessile (Willis) C.D.K.Cook & Rutish.
- Zeylanidium subulatum (Gardner) C.Cusset → Possibly Podostemum subulatum Gardner[2]
- Zeylanidium tailichenoides M.Kato & Koi
References
[edit]- ^ Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 18a: 61 (1930)
- ^ a b c d e Krishnan, Remya; Khanduri, Priyanka; Tandon, Rajesh (2019). "Zeylanidium manasiae, a new species of Podostemaceae based on molecular and morphological data from Kerala, India". PhytoKeys (124): 23–38. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.124.33453. PMC 6579786. PMID 31231162. S2CID 195227588.