Biology:Limosella aquatica
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Scrophulariaceae |
| Genus: | Limosella |
| Species: | L. aquatica
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| Binomial name | |
| Limosella aquatica L.
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Limosella aquatica is a widespread species of flowering plant in the figwort family known by the common name water mudwort. It is native to much of the temperate world, where it grows in many types of wet habitat. It is semiaquatic, growing in moist land habitat such as meadows, in mud and wet sand next to water, and partly submersed or floating in the water. It is a fleshy annual herb forming low tufts in muddy substrate. The leaf is made up of a petiole up to 30 centimetres (12 in) long but usually quite a bit shorter, tipped with a flat spoon-shaped blade up to 3 cm (1.2 in) long. The inflorescence is an erect stalk bearing one tiny white to pink- or blue-tinted flower about 2 millimetres (0.08 in) wide. The fruit is a capsule up to 5 mm (0.20 in) wide containing many tiny seeds.
Taxonomy
Limosella aquatica was given its scientific name in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus. It is part of the genus Limosella which is classified in the Scrophulariaceae family. It has two accepted varieties.[2]
- Limosella aquatica var. alismoides – Native to Angola[3]
- Limosella aquatica var. aquatica – Widespread in the Northern Hemisphere and in Ecuador and Peru in South America[4]
It has Script error: No such module "Table row counter". synonyms, one of the species and 16 of variety aquatica.[2][4]
| Name | Year | Rank | Synonym of: | Notes |
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| Danubiunculus acaulis Sailer | 1849 | species | var. aquatica | = het. |
| Limosella americana f. submersa Glück | 1934 | form | var. aquatica | = het. |
| Limosella aquatica var. biflora Wahlenb. | 1812 | variety | var. aquatica | = het. |
| Limosella aquatica var. diandra Hartm. | 1820 | variety | var. aquatica | = het. |
| Limosella aquatica var. minor Hartm. | 1832 | variety | var. aquatica | = het., nom. superfl. |
| Limosella aquatica var. tenuifolia (Wolf ex Hoffm.) Mérat | 1812 | variety | var. aquatica | = het. |
| Limosella aquatica var. vulgaris Hartm. | 1820 | variety | var. aquatica | = het. |
| Limosella aquatica var. vulgaris Hartm. | 1820 | variety | var. aquatica | = het. |
| Limosella borealis Less. ex Ledeb. | 1847 | species | var. aquatica | = het. |
| Limosella diandra Krock. | 1790 | species | var. aquatica | = het., nom. illeg., homonym |
| Limosella natans Spreng. ex Drège | 1847 | species | var. aquatica | = het., nom. nud. |
| Limosella palustris L. | 1771 | species | var. aquatica | = het. |
| Limosella plantaginis-folia Gilib. | 1782 | species | var. aquatica | = het., opus utique oppr. |
| Limosella pubiflora Pennell | 1940 | species | var. aquatica | = het. |
| Limosella tenuifolia Wolf ex Hoffm. | 1804 | species | var. aquatica | = het. |
| Mutafinia silesiaca Raf. | 1838 | species | var. aquatica | = het. |
| Plantaginella aquatica (L.) Moench | 1794 | species | L. aquatica | ≡ hom. |
| Notes: ≡ homotypic synonym; = heterotypic synonym | ||||
References
- ↑ Akhani, H. (2014). "Limosella aquatica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-2.RLTS.T164098A63310286.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/164098/63310286. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 POWO (2026). "Limosella aquatica L." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/804380-1.
- ↑ POWO (2026). "Limosella aquatica var. alismoides Welw. ex Hiern" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/77250614-1.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 POWO (2026). "Limosella aquatica var. aquatica" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/77225132-1.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q159248 entry
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