7926.000 Hygrophila R.Br.

Description of the genus

Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves opposite, ovate to linear, entire, sessile. Flowers solitary or in axillary clusters, bisexual, zygomorphic. Bracts resembling leaves. Bracteoles 0. Calyx deeply 5-lobed, sometimes one lobe longer and broader than the others. Corolla 2-lipped, tube cylindric below, upper lip 2-lobed with lobes recurved, lower lip 3-lobed, lobes sometimes reflexed. Stamens 4, didynamous. Fruit a linear capsule.

Worldwide: c. 25 species in the tropics

Zimbabwe: 8 taxa.

Insects associated with this genus:

Junonia orithya (Eyed pansy) Food plant

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
abyssinica (Hochst. ex Nees) T.Anderson	N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image
cataractae S. Moore	W	Description, Image
didynama (Lindau) Heine	N,C	Description, Image
linearis Burkill	N,W,C	Description, Image
mutica (C.B. Clarke) Vollesen[End]	N,C	Description, Image
pilosa Burkill	N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image
schulli (Buch.-Ham.) M.R. Almeida & S.M. Almeida	N,W,C,S	Description, Image
spiciformis Lindau	N,W,E,S	Description, Image

Other sources of information about Hygrophila:

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Flora of Botswana: Hygrophila
Flora of Caprivi: Hygrophila
Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Hygrophila
Flora of Malawi: Hygrophila
Flora of Mozambique: Hygrophila
Flora of Zambia: Hygrophila

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