Lilaeopsis
Appearance
Lilaeopsis | |
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Lilaeopsis occidentalis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Apiales |
Family: | Apiaceae |
Subfamily: | Apioideae |
Tribe: | Oenantheae |
Genus: | Lilaeopsis Greene |
Species | |
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Lilaeopsis is a genus of several species of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae. Known commonly as grassworts or microswords. L. brasiliensis is used as a decorative plant for the foreground of aquaria.
Species include:
- Lilaeopsis brasiliensis
- Lilaeopsis carolinensis – Carolina grasswort
- Lilaeopsis chinensis – Eastern grasswort
- Lilaeopsis masonii – Mudflat quillplant
- Lilaeopsis novae-zelandiae
- Lilaeopsis occidentalis – Western grasswort
- Lilaeopsis schaffneriana
References
- Affolter, J. M. 1985. A monograph of the genus Lilaeopsis (Umbelliferae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 6:38.
- Gitte Petersen, James Affolte, A New Species of Lilaeopsis (Apiaceae) from Mauritius, Novon, Vol. 9, No. 1 (Spring, 1999), pp. 92–94 - describing L. mauritiana