Lysimachia
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Lysimachia (/[invalid input: 'icon']ˌlaɪs[invalid input: 'ɨ']ˈmeɪkiə/)[1] is a genus of flowering plants traditionally classified in the family Primulaceae. According to a molecular phylogenetic study it belongs in the family Myrsinaceae .[2]
Characteristics
Lysimachia species often have yellow flowers, and grow vigorously. They tend to grow in damp conditions. Several species within Lysimachia are commonly called loosestrife, although this name is also used for plants within the genus Lythrum. The genus is named in honor of Lysimachus, a king of ancient Sicily, who is said to have calmed a mad ox by feeding it a member of the genus.[3]
Lysimachia species are used as food plants by the larvae of some butterflies and moths, including the Dot Moth, Grey Pug, Lime-speck Pug, Small Angle Shades and V-pug.
Selected species
- Lysimachia asperulifolia, orth. var. L. asperulaefolia - roughleaf yellow loosestrife
- Lysimachia atropurpurea - Purple gooseneck loosestrife
- Lysimachia ciliata L. - Fringed loosestrife (North America)
- Lysimachia clethroides - Gooseneck loosestrife
- Lysimachia congestiflora
- Lysimachia daphnoides (A.Gray) Hillebr. Lehua makanoe (Island of Kauaʻi in Hawaiʻi)
- Lysimachia fraseri Duby - Fraser's yellow loosestrife (Southeastern United States)
- Lysimachia filifolia C.N.Forbes (Islands of Oʻahu and Kauaʻi in Hawaiʻi)
- Lysimachia hillebrandii Hook.f. ex A.Gray - Kolokolo kuahiwi (Hawaiʻi)
- Lysimachia iniki
- Lysimachia lydgatei
- Lysimachia maxima (R.Knuth) H.St.John (Island of Molokaʻi in Hawaiʻi)
- Lysimachia minoricensis J.J.Rodr. (Spain)
- Lysimachia nemorum L. - Yellow pimpernel
- Lysimachia nummularia L. - Creeping Jenny, Moneywort (Europe)
- Lysimachia pendens
- Lysimachia punctata - spotted loosestrife
- Lysimachia scopulensis
- Lysimachia sertulata - Chilean melilukul
- Lysimachia quadrifolia L. - Whorled loosestrife (Eastern North America)
- Lysimachia terrestris (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. - Swamp candles (North America)
- Lysimachia thyrsiflora - tufted loosestrife
- Lysimachia venosa
- Lysimachia verticillaris
- Lysimachia vulgaris L. - Garden loosestrife, Yellow loosestrife (Eurasia)
References
- ^ Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607
- ^ M. Källersjö, G. Bergqvist & A. A. Anderberg (2000). "Generic realignment in primuloid families of the Ericales s. l.: a phylogenetic analysis based on DNA sequences from three chloroplast genes and morphology". American Journal of Botany. 87 (9). American Journal of Botany, Vol. 87, No. 9: 1325–1341. doi:10.2307/2656725. JSTOR 2656725. PMID 10991903.
- ^ Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Native Plant Information Network (NPIN)
External links
- Lysimachus' Dog & Nisaean Horses - Informative but non-scholarly essay on Lysimachia & Lysimachus (Annotated with Sources).
- Pictures of Lysimachia sertulata.
- PAF - Lysimachia clethroides - Duby.