7532.000 Limnophila R. Br.

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.

Botswana: 3 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
bangweolensis (R.E. Fr.) Verdc.	N
ceratophylloides (Hiern) Skan	N	Image
indica (L.) Druce		Description, Image

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Flora of Burundi: Limnophila
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Flora of Malawi: Limnophila
Flora of Mozambique: Limnophila
Flora of Zambia: Limnophila
Flora of Zimbabwe: Limnophila

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Limnophila
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Limnophila
JSTOR Plant Science: Limnophila
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Limnophila
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Tropicos: Limnophila
Wikipedia: Limnophila