Biology:Limnophyton

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Short description: Genus of aquatic plants

Limnophyton
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Limnophyton obtusifolium
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Alismataceae
Genus: Limnophyton
Miq.
Type species
Limnophyton obtusifolium
(L.) Miq.
Species

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Limnophyton is a genus in the family Alismataceae.[1] It includes five species from the Old World tropics. Three species are recognized as of May 2014:[2]

Species

  • Limnophyton angolense Buchenau in H.G.A.Engler - tropical Africa from Liberia to Sudan to Botswana
  • Limnophyton fluitans Graebn. - Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea
  • Limnophyton obtusifolium (L.) Miq. - Africa from Liberia to South Africa ; Madagascar ; India , Pakistan , Sri Lanka, Myanmar (Burma), Vietnam, Indonesia

References

Wikidata ☰ Q531212 entry