- Family: Plantaginaceae Juss.
Limosella L.
[FTEA]
Scrophulariaceae, S.A. Ghazanfar, F.N. Hepper & D. Philcox. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2008
- Morphology General Habit
- Small annual or perennial aquatic herbs, with slender stolons rooting to form new plants, glabrous
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves fascicled or in rosettes, erect or floating, long-petiolate, cylindrical or with distinct lamina
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers axillary, pedicels often deflexed in fruit
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx campanulate, (4–)5-toothed, teeth equal or calyx ± 2-lipped
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla tube cylindrical, (4–)5-lobed, almost actinomorphic; lobes ovate or ovate-triangular to lanceolate, ± pilose on the upper side
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 4 (2 short, 2 long)
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium
- Ovary 2-locular; style variable in length; stigma capitate, papillose, ± 2 lobed
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit capsular, dehiscing loculicidally by 2-valves
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds few to numerous, minute, longitudinally multi-angular with fine transverse striations.
- Note
- All the species appear to be variable, and their taxonomy is imperfectly understood. Part of the problem lies is the presence of ecotypes found in deep water, shallow water and mud. This account basically follows the treatment by Glück (op. cit.), but a full revision of the genus is still required.
[FZ]
Scrophulariaceae, D. Philcox. Flora Zambesiaca 8:2. 1990
- Morphology General Habit
- Small, glabrous, tufted, creeping or floating, marsh or aquatic herbs.
- Morphology Stem
- Stemless or with slender stolon-like stems rooting at nodes.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves radical or fasciculate at nodes, rarely alternate on stems or branches, petiolate, erect or floating; lamina linear and petiole-like, spathulate or oblong-ovate.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Peduncles
- Peduncles axillary, ebracteate, of ten shorter than leaves, frequently deflexed in fruit.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers small.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx campanulate, thin, (4)5-lobed, persistent.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla tubular, campanulate, subrotate; limb 5-lobed, spreading, lobes subequal, rounded, ovate or oblong.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens four, didynamous, usually exserted; filaments filiform, inserted on corolla tube.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary shortly bilocular at base; ovules many; style short, incurved, apically thickened.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit capsular, ovoid to subglobose or spherical, bivalved, loculicidally dehiscent.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds numerous, striate, rugulose.
Native to:
Afghanistan, Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, Amur, Angola, Antipodean Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil South, British Columbia, Buryatiya, California, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central European Rus, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Crozet Is., Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East European Russia, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Is., Finland, France, Free State, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kerguelen, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Kuril Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Labrador, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Magadan, Maine, Malawi, Mali, Manchuria, Manitoba, Marion-Prince Edward, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Minnesota, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nebraska, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northern Provinces, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Qinghai, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Rwanda, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania, Tibet, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, Utah, Venezuela, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Yukon, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Extinct in:
Delaware
- Limosella acaulis Sessé & Moc.
- Limosella africana Glück
- Limosella aquatica L.
- Limosella australis R.Br.
- Limosella capensis Thunb.
- Limosella curdieana F.Muell.
- Limosella grandiflora Benth.
- Limosella granitica W.R.Barker
- Limosella inflata Hilliard & B.L.Burtt
- Limosella longiflora Kuntze
- Limosella macrantha R.E.Fr.
- Limosella major Diels
- Limosella pretoriensis Suess.
- Limosella tenella Quézel & Contandr.
- Limosella vesiculosa Hilliard & B.L.Burtt
Limosella L. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Sp. Pl.: 631 (1753)
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Glück in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 66: 488 (1934).
- —F.T.A. 4, 2: 352
Flora Zambesiaca
- Glück in Engl., Bot. Jahrb.66: 488–566, t. 6–8 (1934).
- Sp. Pl. 2:631 (1753).
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- E.J. 66: 488–566, t. 6–8 (1934)
- N.B.G.B. 12: 77 (1934)
- Sp. P1.: 631 (1753)
Flora Zambesiaca
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
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Kew Backbone Distributions
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