Difference between revisions of "Limnophila"
Prodr., 442. 1810.
FNA>Volume Importer |
imported>Volume Importer |
||
| Line 26: | Line 26: | ||
-->{{Treatment/Body | -->{{Treatment/Body | ||
|distribution=Asia;Africa;Pacific Islands;Australia;introduced also in South America. | |distribution=Asia;Africa;Pacific Islands;Australia;introduced also in South America. | ||
| + | |introduced=true | ||
|discussion=<p>Species 40 (2 in the flora).</p><!-- | |discussion=<p>Species 40 (2 in the flora).</p><!-- | ||
--><p>The two species recognized here could be difficult to distinguish throughout their ranges; intermediate plants, which are believed to be hybrids, have been found.</p><!-- | --><p>The two species recognized here could be difficult to distinguish throughout their ranges; intermediate plants, which are believed to be hybrids, have been found.</p><!-- | ||
| Line 67: | Line 68: | ||
|publication year=1810 | |publication year=1810 | ||
|special status=Introduced | |special status=Introduced | ||
| − | |source xml=https:// | + | |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V17/V17_655.xml |
|genus=Limnophila | |genus=Limnophila | ||
}}<!-- | }}<!-- | ||
-->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Plantaginaceae]] | -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Plantaginaceae]] | ||
Revision as of 20:26, 27 May 2020
Herbs, perennial [annual], paludal or aquatic, emergent. Stems erect [prostrate, creeping], hairy or glabrous. Leaves cauline, opposite or whorled, dimorphic; petiole present or absent; blade not fleshy, not leathery, margins of submerged leaves pinnatifid, of aerial leaves entire, serrate, or pinnatifid. Inflorescences terminal or axillary, racemes or flowers solitary, rarely paired [or spikes]; bracts present or absent. Pedicels present or absent; bracteoles present or absent. Flowers bisexual, chasmogamous or cleistogamous; sepals 5, basally connate, calyx bilaterally symmetric, tubular, lobes triangular or lanceolate [ovate]; corolla blue, blue-purple, or white, bilaterally symmetric, bilabiate, tubular or funnelform, tube base not gibbous or spurred, lobes 4 or 5, abaxial 3, adaxial 1 or 2; stamens 4, basally adnate to corolla, didynamous, filaments glabrous or hairy; staminode 0; ovary 2-locular, placentation axile; stigma capitate, 2-lobed. Fruits capsules, dehiscence septicidal. Seeds 20–200, brown to dark brown, conic to cylindric, wings absent. × = 17.
Distribution
Introduced; Asia, Africa, Pacific Islands, Australia, introduced also in South America.
Discussion
Species 40 (2 in the flora).
The two species recognized here could be difficult to distinguish throughout their ranges; intermediate plants, which are believed to be hybrids, have been found.
Limnophila is closely related to Hydrotriche Zuccarini, a small genus of aquatic plants native to Madagascar. Together they form a group sister to Gratiola in Gratioleae (D. Estes and R. L. Small 2008).
Selected References
Lower Taxa
Key
| 1 | Pedicels 3–8 mm in flower, 5–12 mm in fruit; bracteoles 1–3.5 mm; corolla tubes 4–5(–8) mm; cleistogamous flowers absent. | Limnophila indica |
| 1 | Pedicels 0–2 mm in flower, 0–4 mm in fruit; bracteoles 0–1.5 mm; corolla tubes 8–10 mm; cleistogamous flowers present, submerged. | Limnophila sessiliflora |