Limosella
| Limosella | |
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| Limosella aquatica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Scrophulariaceae |
| Tribe: | Limoselleae |
| Genus: | Limosella L. |
| Species | |
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11-15 - See text | |
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[1]
Selected species:
- Limosella acaulis - Owyhee mudwort
- Limosella aquatica - water mudwort
- Limosella australis - Welsh mudwort
- Limosella capensis
- Limosella inflata
- Limosella longiflora
- Limosella major
- Limosella pubiflora - Chiricahua Mountain mudwort
References
- ^ 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