| Limosella | |
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| Limosella aquatica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Scrophulariaceae |
| Tribe: | Limoselleae |
| Genus: | Limosella L. (1753) |
| Species1 | |
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16; see text | |
| Synonyms1 | |
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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
References
- 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