7532.000 Limnophila
Fischer, E. (1999) Scrophulariaceae Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Congo-Kinshasa, Rwanda & Burundi) Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Bruxelles
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. Zimbabwe: 3 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| ceratophylloides (Hiern) Skan | N,W,C,S | Description, Image |
| fluviatilis A.Chev. | W,C,S | |
| indica (L.) Druce | N,C | Description, Image |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): LimnophilaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Limnophila
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Wikipedia: Limnophila