7532.000 Limnophila R. Br.

Description of the genus

Annual or perennial, aquatic or marsh herbs. Stems erect or creeping and rooting at the nodes. Submerged leaves laciniate, pinnatifid; aerial leaves opposite to whorled, entire, laciniate or pinnately-divided. Flowers solitary, axillary or in terminal spikes or racemes. Corolla 5-lobed, 2-lipped. Stamens 4, included, didynamous. Style filiform. Capsule ellipsoid to spherical.

Worldwide: c. 35 species in the Old World tropics and subtropics.

Zambia: 7 taxa.

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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
bangweolensis (R.E. Fr.) Verdc. N,C
barteri Skan B
ceratophylloides (Hiern) SkanW,SImage
crassifolia Philcox [DD]W
dasyantha (Engl. & Gilg) SkanN
fluviatilis A.Chev.N
indica (L.) DruceB,C,SDescription, Image

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Flora of Botswana: Limnophila
Flora of Burundi: Limnophila
Flora of Caprivi: Limnophila
Flora of Malawi: Limnophila
Flora of Mozambique: Limnophila
Flora of Zimbabwe: Limnophila

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Limnophila
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Limnophila
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Limnophila
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Limnophila
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iNaturalist: Limnophila
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Limnophila
JSTOR Plant Science: Limnophila
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Limnophila
Plants of the World Online: Limnophila
Tropicos: Limnophila
Wikipedia: Limnophila

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-25

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2025). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Limnophila.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1273, retrieved 14 February 2025

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