Limosella

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Limosella
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Limosella aquatica
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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]
  • DanubiunculusSailer (1845)
  • MutafiniaRaf. (1833)
  • PlantaginellaHill (1756)
  • YgramelaRaf. (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]

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Species

16 species are accepted. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 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