Limeaceae
Limeum

Limeum dinteri G.Schellenb.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 493 (1912)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Zimbabwe to S. Africa. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Molluginaceae, M. L. Gonçalves. Flora Zambesiaca 4. 1978

Morphology General Habit
Shrublet up to 60 cm. tall, glandular-pubescent in all parts, with decumbent whitish stems.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves subsucculent, petiolate, alternate; laminas 6–22 × 2–10mm., elliptic, obovate, usually cuneate at the base, glandular-pubescent on both sides, sometimes rough above; petiole up to 4 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence axillary, many-flowered, loosely corymbose, pedunculate; bracts lanceolate to ovate, acuminate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers small, whitish; pedicels up to 2 mm. long; bracteoles acuminate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Perianth
Perianth-segments 5, up to 3 mm. long, ovate, margins membranous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Staminodes
Staminodes 5, equalling or shorter than perianth-segments, with very long, narrow claw and flat broad limb.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens 7.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
Ovary 2-lobed, glabrous or very soon glabrescent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Mericarps brownish, sometimes bigger than perianth-segments, surface reticulate-alveolate to tuberculate especially above, ridged longitudinally at base, with 2 basal auricles.
[FZ]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0