Lilaeopsis

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Apiales

Familia: Apiaceae
Subfamilia: Apioideae
Tribus: Oenantheae
Genus: Lilaeopsis
Species:
L. attenuata – L. brasiliensis – L. brisbanica – L. carolinensis – L. chinensis – L. fistulosa – L. lacustris – L. macloviana – L. masonii – L. mauritiana – L. novae-zelandiae – L. occidentalis – L. orbicularis – L. polyantha – L. ruthiana – L. schaffneriana – L. tenuis

Source(s) of checklist:

Hassler, M. 2018. Lilaeopsis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Aug. 24. Reference page.

Name

Lilaeopsis Greene Pittonia 2(10B): 192. (1891)
Type species: Not designated.

References

Greene, E.L. (1891) Pittonia 2(10B): 192.
Petersen, G. & Affolter, J.M. (1999) A new species of Lilaeopsis (Apiaceae) from Mauritius, Novon 9: 92–94.
Bone, T.S., Downie, S.R., Affolter, J.M. & Spalik, K. (2011) A Phylogenetic and Biogeographic Study of the Genus Lilaeopsis (Apiaceae Tribe Oenantheae), Systematic Botany, 36(3): 789–805. Available on line [1]. Accessed 2014 Apr. 18.

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Lilaeopsis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Aug. 24. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Lilaeopsis. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 24 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Lilaeopsis in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Aug. 24.
Tropicos.org 2018. Lilaeopsis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Aug. 24.

Lilaeopsis is a genus of several species of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae. Known commonly as grassworts. L. brasiliensis is used as a decorative plant for the foreground of aquaria.

Species include:

Lilaeopsis brasiliensis
Lilaeopsis carolinensis – Carolina grasswort
Lilaeopsis chinensis – Eastern grasswort
Lilaeopsis masonii – Mudflat quillplant
Lilaeopsis novae-zelandiae
Lilaeopsis occidentalis – Western grasswort
Lilaeopsis schaffneriana

References

Affolter, J. M. 1985. A monograph of the genus Lilaeopsis (Umbelliferae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 6:38.
Gitte Petersen, James Affolte, A New Species of Lilaeopsis (Apiaceae) from Mauritius, Novon, Vol. 9, No. 1 (Spring, 1999), pp. 92–94 - describing L. mauritiana