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 Edit this 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