Biology:Samolus repens
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Samolus repens | |
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| At Cape Otway, Victoria, Australia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Primulaceae |
| Genus: | Samolus |
| Species: | S. repens
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| Binomial name | |
| Samolus repens (G.Forst.) Pers.
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| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Samolus repens is a species of water pimpernel native to Australia, New Zealand and near-by Pacific islands, and South America (South Chile),[1] where it is common in temperate and subtropic coastlines. Common names include creeping brookweed[3] and creeping bushweed.[4] Samolus repens has small white or occasionally pink flowers with a flowering period from September through to March or April.[4][3]
Taxonomy
The species was first described by Georg Forster in 1776 as Sheffieldia repens and placed in the genus Samolus in 1805 by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon.[1] The following synonyms exist:[1][2]
- Lysimachia sedoides Lehm.
- Samolus ambiguus R.Brown
- S. eremaeus Jacobs
- S. littoralis R.Brown
- S. platyphyllos F.Muell.
- S. repens var. ambiguus (R.Brown) Benth.
- S. repens var. incana (Labill.) Duby in DC
- S. repens var. floribundus Benth.
- S. repens var. paucifolius Benth.
- S. repens var. procumbens Knuth
- S. repens var. strictus Cock.
- Sheffieldia repens Forst.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Crusio W.E. (1982). "Het geslacht Samolus L." (in nl). Communications of the Dutch Waterplant Society 2: 13–25.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Crusio W.E. (1984). "Notes on the genus Samolus L. (Primulaceae)". Communications of the Dutch Waterplant Society 6: 13–16.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Harden, G.J.. "Samolus repens (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Pers.". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Samolus~repens.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Johns, Louise. "Online Field guide to Common Saltmarsh Plants of Queensland". Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries. http://www.alocasia.com.au/qld_saltmarsh_plants/herbarium/other-plant-types/creeping-bushweed.
Wikidata ☰ Q4406819 entry
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